Pyrausta scurralis
| Pyrausta scurralis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pyrausta |
| Species: | P. scurralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrausta scurralis (Hulst, 1886) | |
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Pyrausta scurralis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hulst in 1886.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Manitoba and Saskatchewan to California, Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico.[2] The habitat consists of undisturbed, shrubby Aspen parkland.
The wingspan is about 23 mm. The ground color of the fore- and hindwings is pale yellowish white. There is a pink Y-shape on the outer half of the forewings. Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae possibly feed on a Labiatae species.[3]
Subspecies
- Pyrausta scurralis scurralis
- Pyrausta scurralis awemealis Munroe, 1976 (Manitoba, Saskatchewan)
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
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