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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 » Sociable Pyrausta Moth - Hodges#5075 (Pyrausta socialis)

Species Pyrausta socialis - Sociable Pyrausta Moth - Hodges#5075

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · 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

Tribe Pyraustini

Genus Pyrausta

Species socialis (Sociable Pyrausta Moth - Hodges#5075)

Hodges Number

5075

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrausta socialis (Grote, 1877)

Numbers

There are more than 62 species in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan 22-25 mm.

Identification

Forewings are reddish to pinkish brown with a purplish tinge. prominent dark subterminal band

Range

British Columbia to Ontario and south to Colorado and California.

Food

larval host unknown but mint species are suspect

See Also

Pyrausta fodinalis

Pyrausta antisocialis which is restricted to New Mexico and Arizona

Print References

Munroe, E. 1976. The Moths of North America. Fascicle 13.2b, p. 140; pl. 9.33-37. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems

E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum (University of Alberta )

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

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 Maury J. Heiman on 11 June, 2011 - 3:11pm
Last updated 2 April, 2013 - 6:41pm

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