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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 onythesalis - Hodges#5042 (Pyrausta onythesalis)

Species Pyrausta onythesalis - Hodges#5042

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Hodges#5042 - Pyrausta onythesalis Pyrausta onythesalis Pyrausta ID Request - Pyrausta onythesalis Texas SE Gulf Coast - Pyrausta onythesalis Please help us to identify this moth. - Pyrausta onythesalis Moth to black light - Pyrausta onythesalis Pyrausta onythesalis? - Pyrausta onythesalis Pyrausta onythesalis? reared from Salvia azurea - Pyrausta onythesalis
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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 onythesalis (Pyrausta onythesalis - Hodges#5042)
Hodges Number
5042
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyrausta onythesalis (Walker, 1859)
Botys onythesalis Walker, 1859
Remarks
page creation based on John Fisher's identification of this image from Oklahoma; John emailed the ID to Robin and Mark
See Also
Pyrausta pseudonythesalis which is nearly identical but found from western Texas to the deserts of southeastern California.
Print References
Munroe, 1976:105; pl. 6.26-27. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
pinned adult images (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.2B. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae (part), Pyraustinae, Pyraustini (conclusion)...
Munroe, Eugene. 1976. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 May, 2009 - 10:31pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor
Last updated 10 June, 2019 - 7:00am

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