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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 obtusanalis - Hodges#5072 (Pyrausta obtusanalis)

Species Pyrausta obtusanalis - Hodges#5072

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth - Pyrausta obtusanalis Uresiphita reversalis? It doesn't have any spots - Pyrausta obtusanalis Gold and pink moth - Pyrausta obtusanalis Pyrausta obtusanalis
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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 obtusanalis (Pyrausta obtusanalis - Hodges#5072)
Hodges Number
5072
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyrausta obtusanalis Druce, 1899
Size
Expanse: 25 mm.
Identification
Primaries dark chrome-yellow, shaded with brown, with a brown line crossing the middle of the wing from the costal to the inner margin, and a rather wide pinkish-brown submarginal line extending from the apex to the anal angle, the fringe brown; secondaries pale yellowish-white, darker round the outer margin: (head wanting), thorax, abdomen, and legs pale brown.
Remarks
Type locality: Mexico, Jalapa
Print References
Druce, H. 1899. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Lepidoptera-Heterocera II: 550
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 1 March, 2016 - 9:14pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 25 March, 2016 - 11:25pm

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