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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 » Southern Purple Mint Moth - Hodges#5070 (Pyrausta laticlavia)

Species Pyrausta laticlavia - Southern Purple Mint Moth - Hodges#5070

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 laticlavia (Southern Purple Mint Moth - Hodges#5070)
Hodges Number
5070
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyrausta laticlavia (Grote & Robinson)
Botys laticlavia Grote & Robinson, 1867
Syn: Botys cinerosa Grote & Robinson, 1867
Numbers
There are 61 named species of the genus Pyrausta in America north of Mexico. (1)
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis:
Range
Scattered US records, except northern Rockies and northern Great Plains. (2), (3), (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Powell et al. (2000) reported the expanding range northward from presumed original range of southern California. (4)
Food
Powell et al (2000) reported the larval hosts are in the mint family (Lamiaceae). Larvae have been found and reared on rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis. (4)
Remarks
Often attracted to lights.
See Also
Pyrausta flavofascialis
Print References
Grote, A.R. & C.T. Robinson 1867. Descriptions of American Lepidoptera, no. 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 1: 17, pl. 2, f. 12; 18, pl. 2, f. 13. (5)
Munroe, E., 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2b. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 135; pl. 6.1-4. (6)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.23, figs. 7, 8; p. 176. (7)
Powell, J.A., P. Russell, S. Russell, F.A.H. Sperling 2000. Northward expansion of two mint-feeding species of Pyrausta in California (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae). Holarctic Lepidoptera, 7(2): 55-58. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (8)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (9)
Moths of Maryland
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.Northward expansion of two mint-feeding species of Pyrausta in California (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae)
J. A. Powell, P. Russell, S. Russell, F. A. H. Sperling. 2000. Journal Holarctic Lepidoptera 7(2): 55-58.
5.Descriptions of American Lepidoptera. No. 1
August R. Busck, Coleman T. Robinson. 1867. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 1: 1-30.
6.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.2B. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae (part), Pyraustinae, Pyraustini (conclusion)...
Munroe, Eugene. 1976. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
7.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
8.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
9.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 1 August, 2005 - 12:36pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 28 May, 2019 - 9:53am

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