Species Pyrausta morenalis - Hodges#5030

5030

Metasia morenalis Dyar, 1908

Expanse: 20-22 mm.

Forewing rather narrow, dark reddish brown, slightly bronzy; lines very faint, pale, the inner obliterate, angled in the cell, oblique below; discal marks darker, very obscure, the reniform lunate; outer line slightly excurved on the median venules, denticulate. Hindwing pale, subpellucid, slightly infuscated, distinctly so on the outer margin; a curved dark punctiform line, close to margin from anal angle to middle of wing, then becoming remote.

Information on the BOLD species page says "it is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington to California and west to Texas and Nevada. It is also found in Mexico." A. Hendrickson

Type locality: USA, California, Grapevine

Dyar, H. G. 1908: A review of the North American Chrysauginae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). – Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 10: 58-59.

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)