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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 » Variable Reddish Pyrausta - Hodges#5051 (Pyrausta rubricalis)

Species Pyrausta rubricalis - Variable Reddish Pyrausta - Hodges#5051

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pyrausta rubricalis ? - Pyrausta rubricalis

Variable Reddish Pyrausta - Pyrausta rubricalis

Pyrausta rubricalis - Variable Reddish Pyrausta - Hodges#5051? - Pyrausta rubricalis

Lake Crabtree leaf tier on Pycnanthemum D1695 adult 2019 7 - Pyrausta rubricalis

Moth Genus Pyrausta? - Pyrausta rubricalis

Pyrausta onythesalis ? - Pyrausta rubricalis

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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 rubricalis (Variable Reddish Pyrausta - Hodges#5051)

Hodges Number

5051

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrausta rubricalis (Hübner, 1796)

Pyralis rubricalis Hübner, 1796

Rhodaria nescalis Walker, 1859

Botys similalis Lederer, 1863

specific epithet misspelled "rubricallis" on many websites.

* phylogenetic sequence #151175

Size

wingspan about 15 mm

Identification

Range

Illinois to New York, south to Florida and Louisiana

Print References

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.) 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. (1)

Munroe, E., 1976. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2b. p. 112; pl. 6.15.(2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with collection map and photos of pinned adults.

adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)

iNaturalist

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

Contributed by Chris Wirth on 1 October, 2005 - 2:44pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Blocky
Last updated 21 December, 2022 - 5:20pm

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