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Species Pyrausta onythesalis - Hodges#5042

Pyrausta onythesalis Crambid Snout Moth - Pyrausta onythesalis  Pyrausta onythesalis - Pyrausta onythesalis Please help us to identify this moth. - Pyrausta onythesalis Pyrausta pseudonythesalis ? - Pyrausta onythesalis Pyrausta onythesalis? - Pyrausta onythesalis Unknown Moth - 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
pinned adult images (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)