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Species Pyrausta cardinalis - Hodges#5076.2

Pyrausta cardinalis 1 - Pyrausta cardinalis Pyrausta cardinalis 2 - Pyrausta cardinalis
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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 cardinalis (Pyrausta cardinalis - Hodges#5076.2)
Hodges Number
5076.2
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyrausta cardinalis (Guenée, 1854)
Synchromia cardinalis Guenée, 1854
Size
Wingspan ≈ 12 mm (1)
Identification
Wings translucent pink with large black patch on forewings and black terminal area on hindwings. Orange scaling on head, thorax, and base of forewings. Fringe black. (1)
Range
A tropical species recently discovered in the vicinity of Florida City (Dade County, Florida).
Found in Florida, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and on the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico (1)
Season
Florida specimens were collected in March.
Adults have been recorded on wing in March in Florida. (1)
Remarks
Pyrausta cardinalis was first reported in the United States from Florida by Hayden et al. (2011) (2).
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Wikipedia - brief description (1)
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico
Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Paul Dennehy on 1 February, 2012 - 9:20pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 15 April, 2016 - 2:20pm

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