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Species Pyrausta flavofascialis - Hodges#5048

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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 flavofascialis (Pyrausta flavofascialis - Hodges#5048)
Hodges Number
5048
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyrausta flavofascialis (Grote(1), 1882) (1), (2)
Botis flavofascialis Grote, 1882
Numbers
There are 63 named species of the genus Pyrausta in America north of Mexico. (3), (4)
Size
Grote (1882) listed a wingspan of 21 mm.
Identification
Grote (1882) original description as Botis flavofascialis is available online in the print references.
Range
Arizona to western Texas. (4), (5)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
The main flight period is May to September. (4)
Food
Unknown.
See Also
Southern Purple Mint Moth - Pyrausta laticlavia


Pyrausta onythesalis

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Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Grote, A.R. 1882. New moths, with partial catalogue of Noctuae. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey, 577.
Munroe, E., 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2b. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 110; pl. 6.34-35. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD (6)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (5)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
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.
3.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Moths of Southeast Arizona
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 August, 2011 - 3:07pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 28 May, 2019 - 9:53am

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