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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 fodinalis - Hodges#5074 (Pyrausta fodinalis)

Species Pyrausta fodinalis - Hodges#5074

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · 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

Genus Pyrausta

Species fodinalis (Pyrausta fodinalis - Hodges#5074)

Hodges Number

5074

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrausta fodinalis (Lederer, 1863)

Botys fodinalis Lederer, 1863

Numbers

There are 61 named species of the genus Pyrausta in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Size

Wingspan 22-29 mm.

Lederer (1863) listed 29 mm.

Range

British Columbia to Quebec and northeast US

California, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming *Pyrausta fodinalis monticola

Habitat

Prairie and grassland areas.

Season

The peak flight period is June to August. (2)

April to October in California. (2)

Food

Larvae are known to feed on Monardella villosa (Coyote Mint) which is found only in California.

See Also

Pyrausta socialis - FW is reddish or pinkish brown with a purplish luster

Print References

Lederer, 1863. Wien. Ent. Monats, 7(10): 369, (12): 461, pl. 8, f. 9.

Munroe, E., 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2b. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 138; pl. 9.27-32. (3)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 22, figs. 38, 49, 50; p. 177. (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

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

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

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 June, 2009 - 8:36pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 25 March, 2016 - 11:48pm

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