title: Hypsopygia mauritialis
text: # Hypsopygia mauritialis
  
  Hypsopygia mauritialis is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It is a widespread species, known from Africa, India, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Australia and Hawaii.
  
  The wingspan is 16–21 mm.
  
  The larvae feed in the old nests of Vespinae wasps, including Polistes species.
  
  