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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 arizonicalis - Hodges#5066 (Pyrausta arizonicalis)

Species Pyrausta arizonicalis - Hodges#5066

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Yellow and Pink - Geometridae - Pyrausta arizonicalis

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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 arizonicalis (Pyrausta arizonicalis - Hodges#5066)

Hodges Number

5066

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrausta arizonensis Munroe, 1976

Explanation of Names

pyr is the Greek word for fire and represents the reddish coloring in the genus. (1)

Numbers

There are 61 named species of the genus Pyrausta in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)

Identification

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (4)

Range

Western Texas to Arizona. (3)

Season

The main flight period appears to be April to November. (3)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (3)

Print References

Munroe, E., 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2b. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 131; pl. 9.57-58. (5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (6)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

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

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

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

6.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 September, 2009 - 2:22am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 25 March, 2016 - 11:29pm

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