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Hypsotropa limbella

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ5962110 ↗
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Hypsotropa limbella is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypsotropa. It was described by Zeller in 1848. It is found in France, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Greece, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania and Asia Minor.

The wingspan is about 17 mm.

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The public source identifies “Hypsotropa limbella” as species of insect. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hypsotropa, limbella and species.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1848—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hypsotropa, limbella and species providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Hypsotropa limbella” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.