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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 » Inornate Pyrausta Moth - Hodges#5037 (Pyrausta inornatalis)

Species Pyrausta inornatalis - Inornate Pyrausta Moth - Hodges#5037

Southern Pink Moth - Pyrausta inornatalis

Pink moth on salvia - Pyrausta inornatalis? - Pyrausta inornatalis

Moth on Rudbeckia sp. - Pyrausta inornatalis

Witt's Moth Pyrausta? - Pyrausta inornatalis

Pyrausta inornatalis? - Pyrausta inornatalis

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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 inornatalis (Inornate Pyrausta Moth - Hodges#5037)

Hodges Number

5037

Other Common Names

Southern Pink Moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrausta inornatalis (Fernald, 1885)

Botis inornatalis Fernald, 1885

Syllythria rosa Druce, 1895

Range

Florida to Kansas and California. (1)

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Food

Larval host is various Salvia species.

Larvae on Salvia farinacea Benth. (mealycup sage) * USDA plant profile

Print References

Fernald, C.H., 1885. North American Pyralidae. The Canadian Entomologist, 17(3): 57-58

Munroe, E., 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 13.2b. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 101; pl. 8.19-20. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin

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.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 5 October, 2006 - 2:15pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 November, 2013 - 11:18am

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