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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 » Pyrausta » Pyrausta subsequalis - Hodges#5060 (Pyrausta subsequalis)

Species Pyrausta subsequalis - Hodges#5060

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Small pyrausta-like - Pyrausta subsequalis

Pyrausta insequalis? - Pyrausta subsequalis

Moth with yellow hindwings - Pyrausta subsequalis

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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

Genus Pyrausta

Species subsequalis (Pyrausta subsequalis - Hodges#5060)

Hodges Number

5060

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrausta subsequalis (Guenée, 1854)

Herbula subsequalis Guenée, 1854

Herbula insequalis Guenée, 1854

Pyrausta borealis of authors not Packard, 1867

Herbula efficitalis Walker, 1866

Botys graminalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1871

Isopteryx madetesalis Walker, 1859

Botis matronalis Grote, 1875

Herbula repletalis Walker, 1866

Subspecies:

Pyrausta subsequalis insequalis (Guenée, 1854)

Pyrausta subsequalis plagalis (Haimbach, 1908)

Pyrausta subsequalis facetalis (Berg, 1875) (Botis)

Pyrausta subsequalis petaluma (Munroe, 1976)

Phylogenetic sequence # 801540

Explanation of Names

Pyrausta subsequalis (Guenée, 1854) includes as a subspecies 5060.2 Pyrausta plagalis and includes as a synonym 5076.1 Pyrausta cespitalis of authors not (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775). Pyrausta insequalis (Guenée, 1854) is listed as a senior synonym by Munroe (1995). Brian Scholtens (pers. comm., 1/12/17) advises that subsequalis has priority.

Size

wingspan 14-18mm

Range

Powell & Opler (2009)(1) reported the species is found throughout North America. Alaska and Yukon to Newfoundland and south to Gulf States and central California. (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)

Season

adults usually seen July-September in the West and April-September in the SE

Remarks

Pyrausta insequalis replaced subsequalis as the accepted name in Munroe (1995a) (9).

See Also

Pyrausta borealis with a more northern range (from Newfoundland to British Columbia, north to Alaska and the Yukon.)

Print References

Guenée, M.A. 1854: Deltoïdes et Pyralites. – In: Boisduval, J. B. A. D. de & M. A. Guenée, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. 8 8: 177

Munroe, E. 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2b, p. 121; pl. 5.18, 20, 24, 9.1-3, 7-9, 17-18. (10)

Powell, J.A., and P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 23.10, 23.11; p. 176.(1)

Internet References

Plates from Powell & Opler(1): Plate 23.10 (male), and Plate 23.11 (female)

Moth Photographers Group (11)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (12)

Works Cited

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

2.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

3.	Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)

4.	Survey of Utah Moth Species

5.	Annotated List of Moths Recorded at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado.

6.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

7.	Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park (USGS)

8.	Annotated list of Ontario Lepidoptera J. C. E. Riotte. 1992. Royal Ontario Museum 1-208.

9.	Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.

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

11.	North American Moth Photographers Group

12.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 1 August, 2005 - 9:57am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Steve Nanz, Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Aaron Schusteff, dennepj10, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 1 May, 2020 - 4:45am

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