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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

Genus Pyrausta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Internet References · Works Cited
another moth request - Pyrausta tyralis Variable Reddish Pyrausta - Hodges#5051 - Pyrausta rubricalis Pyrausta orphisalis – Orange Mint Moth #5058 - Pyrausta orphisalis Pyrausta inveterascalis Brown moth - Pyrausta bicoloralis Lake Crabtree leaf tier on Pycnanthemum D1695 adult 2019 6 - Pyrausta rubricalis Pyrausta semirubralis? - Pyrausta Pyrausta tyralis
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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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyrausta Schrank, 1802
Explanation of Names
Generic name Pyrausta from Pliny, "a winged insect that was supposed to live in fire." From Pliny the Elder (11, 42, 36), see translation at Perseus Digital Library. (1)
Numbers
There are 61 named species of the genus Pyrausta in our area. (2) This makes it by far the most speciose Pyraloid genus in our area.
Internet References
Moth Photographer Group pinned plate Hodges # 5018-5073
Moth Photographer Group pinned plate Hodges # 5074-5076
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
2.Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico
Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 January, 2005 - 7:48pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 2 April, 2016 - 2:59pm

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