Hypatopa segnella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Norway, Finland, Germany, Poland, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine and Russia.[1] It has also been recorded from Switzerland.[2] It has also been recorded from North America,[3] but these records were later treated as misidentifications.[4]

Hypatopa segnella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Hypatopa
Species:
H. segnella
Binomial name
Hypatopa segnella
(Zeller, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Blastobasis segnella Zeller, 1873
  • Blastobasis perfugella Jonasson, 1985

The wingspan is 13–17 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.[5]

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