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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)

Species Pyrausta volupialis - Volupial Pyrausta Moth - Hodges#5029

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · 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 volupialis (Volupial Pyrausta Moth - Hodges#5029)
Hodges Number
5029
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyrausta volupialis (Grote(1), 1877)
Botis volupialis Grote, 1877
Phylogenetic Sequence # 801508
Explanation of Names
Volupia is Latin for "pleasant".
Numbers
There are 61 named species of the genus Pyrausta in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) lists the forewing length 8-10.5 mm. (3)
Identification
Specimens identified by DNA analysis:
Range
Powell & Opler (2009) reports Texas to southern California spreading northward to San Francisco, Colorado.(3)
Powell et al. (2000) report expanding range from original range of southern California.(4)
Season
Powell & Opler (2009) reports year round. (3)
Food
Powell & Opler (2009) reports the larval hosts are in the mint family (Lamiaceae). (3)
Powell et al. (2000) reports larvae have been found on and reared on Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) Lamiaceae. (4)
Life Cycle
Larva:
See Also
Raspberry Pyrausta - Pyrausta signatalis
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1877. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 3(4). p. 799.
Munroe, E. 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.2b. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 97; plate 6, figs. 36-38. (5)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. plate 22, fig. 4; p.176
Powell, J.A., Russell, P., Russell, S. & F.A.H. Sperling, 2000. Northward expansion of two mint-feeding species of Pyrausta in California (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae). Journal Holarctic Lepidoptera, 7(2): 55-58. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (6)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.Northward expansion of two mint-feeding species of Pyrausta in California (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae)
J. A. Powell, P. Russell, S. Russell, F. A. H. Sperling. 2000. Journal Holarctic Lepidoptera 7(2): 55-58.
5.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.2B. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae (part), Pyraustinae, Pyraustini (conclusion)...
Munroe, Eugene. 1976. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
6.Butterflies of North America
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 23 July, 2006 - 1:28am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 18 February, 2021 - 9:21pm

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