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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 » Pyrausta » Bicolored Pyrausta - Hodges#5040 (Pyrausta bicoloralis)

Species Pyrausta bicoloralis - Bicolored Pyrausta - Hodges#5040

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Larva on Lycopus uniflorus - Pyrausta bicoloralis

Basil Thief, Alachua County, FL - Pyrausta bicoloralis

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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

Genus Pyrausta

Species bicoloralis (Bicolored Pyrausta - Hodges#5040)

Hodges Number

5040

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrausta bicoloralis Guenée, 1854

Size

Wingspan 14-19 mm

Identification

Yellow and purple pattern is apparently distinctive.

Range

Nova Scotia south to Florida, west to Michigan and Texas (1)

Season

Flies June to September (1)

Food

Lemon balm; possibly other mints

Life Cycle

Larva, pupa, adult

Remarks

Type locality: Brazil, North America(?)

See Also

Pyrausta augustalis

Print References

Guenée, M. A. 1854: Deltoïdes et Pyralites. Pp. 205. – In: Boisduval, J. B. A. D. de & M. A. Guenée, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères 8 8. – Roret, Paris.

Covell, plate 57 (#17), page 399 (1)

Munroe, E., 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2b. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation,, p. 103; pl. 5.26-30.(2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

lepbarcoding.org

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

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

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 13 February, 2005 - 10:52pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Fyn Kynd, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 15 August, 2020 - 7:30pm

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