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

Species Pyrausta inornatalis - Inornate Pyrausta Moth - Hodges#5037

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Small red moth - Pyrausta inornatalis Pyrausta inornatalis - Pyrausta inornatalis Inornate Pyrausta Moth - Pyrausta inornatalis Southern Pink - Pyrausta inornatalis Inornate Pyrausta Moth - Pyrausta inornatalis Pyrausta - Pyrausta inornatalis little pink moth - Pyrausta inornatalis Moth to blacklight - 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
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
See Also
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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