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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 klotsi - Hodges#5047 (Pyrausta klotsi)

Species Pyrausta klotsi - Hodges#5047

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

I just found this in the picture with a larger moth - Pyrausta klotsi

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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 klotsi (Pyrausta klotsi - Hodges#5047)

Hodges Number

5047

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrausta klotsi Munroe, 1976 (1)

Size

Forewing length: 9-11 mm (1).

Identification

"Somewhat like Pyrausta signatalis in general maculation, but larger, apex of forewing more acute and termen more oblique; forewing brown, sometimes with a pinkish tinge, but never bright pink. Hindwing brownish, not contrastingly dark grayish fuscous. Not easily confused with any other species" (1).

Range

Records from Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas (1).

Season

Records from May to August (1).

Food

Unknown (1).

Life Cycle

Unknown (1).

Print References

Munroe, E.G. 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.2B. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae (part), Pyraustinae, Pyraustini (conclusion). Pp. 108–109; pl. 6, fig. 32-33; pl. J, fig. 7; pl. T, fig. I. (1)

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group – images of pinned adults (2)

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

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.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 19 December, 2015 - 5:14pm
Last updated 18 February, 2017 - 1:25am

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