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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 » Pyrausta roseivestalis - Hodges#5021 (Pyrausta roseivestalis)

Species Pyrausta roseivestalis - Hodges#5021

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Moth - Pyrausta roseivestalis? - Pyrausta roseivestalis

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Pyrausta roseivestalis? - Pyrausta roseivestalis

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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 roseivestalis (Pyrausta roseivestalis - Hodges#5021)

Hodges Number

5021

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrausta roseivestalis Munroe, 1976

Phylogenetic sequence #801500.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "rose-colored coat." (1)

Size

Wingspan about 17 mm. (2)

Range

Records from southern California and southern Arizona. (2)

Type Location: Vidal, California.

See Also

Pyrausta zonalis is similar in size, shape and markings, but FW and terminal shading of HW are gray, not pink. It is known from the spring, whereas roseivestalis is a fall flier. There is a possibility that they are seasonal forms of the same species. (3)

Print References

Munroe, E., 1976. Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.2b. p.94, pl.8.41 (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page

Moths of Southeastern Arizona - listed

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.2B. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae (part), Pyraustinae, Pyraustini (conclusion)... Munroe, Eugene. 1976. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 17 July, 2012 - 10:11am
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin, Steve Morris
Last updated 6 April, 2023 - 11:20am

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