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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 pseudonythesalis - Hodges#5043 (Pyrausta pseudonythesalis)

Species Pyrausta pseudonythesalis - Hodges#5043

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

Pyrausta pseudonythesalis - Hodges #5043 - Pyrausta pseudonythesalis

Pyrausta pseudonythesalis - #5043 - Pyrausta pseudonythesalis

3034926 moth - Pyrausta pseudonythesalis

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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 pseudonythesalis (Pyrausta pseudonythesalis - Hodges#5043)

Hodges Number

5043

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrausta pseudonythesalis Munroe, 1976

Phylogenetic Sequence # 150975

Size

Forewing length 9-10 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - forewing yellow with dull red band across terminal area; PM line reddish, with deep jog toward base half-way across wing; AM line almost straight; median area with reddish wash or partial shading, and indistinct discal spot; hindwing color and pattern similar to forewing.

Specimen identified by DNA analysis:

Range

From the Owen Valley of east central California and desert regions of California to western Texas. (1)

Season

Adults fly from April to September in California.

See Also

Pyrausta onythesalis which is nearly identical but of eastern North America.

Print References

Munroe, E. 1976. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2b, p.105; pl.6.28-29

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p.176, pl.23.6 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - photos of living and pinned adults.

pinned adult image (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)

presence in California; list of 7 specimen records with dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 7 August, 2007 - 8:47am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 28 May, 2019 - 3:10pm

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