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Species Pyrausta nicalis - Hodges#5032

Crambidae: Pyrausta nicalis - Pyrausta nicalis

Pyrausta of some sort? - Pyrausta nicalis

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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 nicalis (Pyrausta nicalis - Hodges#5032)

Hodges Number

5032

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrausta nicalis (Grote, 1878)

Stemmatophora nicalis Grote, 1878

Phylogenetic sequence # 150700.

Numbers

61 species in America north of Mexico

several known but undescribed species

Size

wingspan 19-23 mm

Identification

Adult: forewing grayish-brown tinged with red or purple; PM line whitish, wavy, thin in middle and thick at both ends; AM line and two dark discal spots usually inconspicuous or indistinct; hindwing brownish-gray with white partial PM line that doesn't reach inner margin

Range

Yukon(1) to Quebec, south to New England, Colorado, and California; type specimen collected in California. (2), (3)

Habitat

undisturbed areas and boreal forest; adults are nocturnal and come to light

Season

adults fly from May to August, but most common in June and July

Food

unknown but larvae are suspected to feed on one or more species of mint

Print References

Munroe, E., 1976. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2b; p. 99; pl. 7.24-31.(4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

presence in California; list of 10 specimen records with dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)

Works Cited

1.	Butterflies and Moths of the Yukon J.D. Lafontaine & D.M. Wood. 1997. In: Danks H.V., Downes J.A. (Eds.), Insects of the Yukon. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Ottawa: 787–86.

2.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

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

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 26 August, 2008 - 9:10pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 26 March, 2016 - 12:01am

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