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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Pyraustinae » Pyraustini » Pyrausta » Pyrausta homonymalis - Hodges#5055 (Pyrausta homonymalis)

Species Pyrausta homonymalis - Hodges#5055

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pyrausta homonymalis - Pyrausta homonymalis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)

Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)

Subfamily Pyraustinae

Tribe Pyraustini

Genus Pyrausta

Species homonymalis (Pyrausta homonymalis - Hodges#5055)

Hodges Number

5055

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrausta homonymalis Munroe, 1976 (1)

Formerly considered to be Herbula submarginalis Walker, [1866]

Numbers

There are 61 named species of the genus Pyrausta in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)

Range

Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Virginia to Florida, Missouri to Texas. (4), (5), (6), (7)

Season

Heppner (2003) reported May to June. (7)

Food

Heppner (2003) reported the host was unknown. (7)

Print References

Munroe, E., 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2b. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 116; pl. 5.15-17. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (8)

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.2B. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae (part), Pyraustinae, Pyraustini (conclusion)... Munroe, Eugene. 1976. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

2.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)

5.	South Carolina Moth Species

6.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

7.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

8.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 November, 2009 - 1:24pm
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 25 March, 2016 - 11:59pm

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