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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 » Volupial Pyrausta Moth - Hodges#5029 (Pyrausta volupialis)
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Unknown moth - Pyrausta volupialis
Copyright © 2011 Gary McDonald

Unknown moth - Pyrausta volupialis
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
June 20, 2011
Size: 18mm wingspan
Came to black light/MV trap. (live oak/chaparral habitat).
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 23 June, 2011 - 1:58pm
Last updated 5 September, 2012 - 6:01pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.

Thank you for the update!
… Maury J. Heiman, 5 September, 2012 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

probably very worn Pyrausta lethalis - Hodges #5027
Pyrausta lethalis - Hodges #5027 which is known from CA. Did you see any others?
… Maury J. Heiman, 23 June, 2011 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

 
BOLD results
Just checked the results from BOLD, this specimen is 100% DNA match to Pyrausta volupialis, & 93.43% match to Pyrausta lethalis.
… Gary McDonald, 5 September, 2012 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

 
This is the only one
of this kind that I saw.
… Gary McDonald, 23 June, 2011 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

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