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Species Pyrausta californicalis - Hodges#5052

Representative Images

Very tiny moth! - Pyrausta californicalis Chestnut-colored moth - Pyrausta californicalis Pyrausta californicalis - Hodges#5052 - Pyrausta californicalis Unknown Moth - Pyrausta californicalis moth possibly Eulithis - Pyrausta californicalis Crambid moth - Pyrausta californicalis Pyrausta californicalis Small northern Nevada butterfly? - Pyrausta californicalis
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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 californicalis (Pyrausta californicalis - Hodges#5052)

Hodges Number

5052

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Botys californicalis Packard, 1873

Identification

See print references below.

Range

From British Columbia to California

Food

The larvae feed on several species of mint (Mentha), including such plants as spearmint and peppermint (Host plant info)

Remarks

Type locality: USA, California

See Also

Other Pyrausta species

Print References

Packard, A. S. 1873: Catalogue of the Pyralidae of California, with descriptions of new Californian Pterophoridae. – Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 10 (1874) (9): 260.

Internet References

General info
Host plant info
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (1)
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

Works Cited

1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 11 July, 2006 - 9:04pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 25 March, 2016 - 11:40pm

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