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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 corinthalis - Hodges#5028 (Pyrausta corinthalis)

Species Pyrausta corinthalis - Hodges#5028

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · 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 corinthalis (Pyrausta corinthalis - Hodges#5028)
Hodges Number
5028
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyrausta corinthalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914 (1)
Numbers
There are 61 named species of the genus Pyrausta in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)
Size
Wingspan is 16-18 mm. (3), (4)
Identification
The Barnes & McDunnough (1914) original description is available online in the print references.
Basal half of forewing olive brown, outer half rose-pink with an oblique white subterminal band parallel to outer margin. (1)
Range
Southern California to southern Arizona. (5), (6), (3), (4)
Mexico. (4)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
The main flight period is April to November. (3), (4)
Food
Unknown. (4)
See Also
Pyrausta volupialis

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (3)
Print References
Barnes, W., & J.H. McDunnough, 1913. Illustrations of rare and typical Lepidoptera. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 2(1): 243, pl. 1, f. 27. (1)
Munroe, E., 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2b. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 97; pl. 6.39. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (5)
Works Cited
1.Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4)
William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.
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.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.2B. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae (part), Pyraustinae, Pyraustini (conclusion)...
Munroe, Eugene. 1976. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
5.Moths of Southeast Arizona
6.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 October, 2009 - 8:32am
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 25 March, 2016 - 11:28pm

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