Pyrausta scurralis

Pyrausta scurralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pyrausta
Species: P. scurralis
Binomial name
Pyrausta scurralis
(Hulst, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Botis scurralis Hulst, 1886
  • Pyrausta postrubralis Hampson, 1899

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]

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