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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 » Orange Mint Moth - Hodges#5058 (Pyrausta orphisalis)

Species Pyrausta orphisalis - Orange Mint Moth - Hodges#5058

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Orange Mint Moth - Hodges#5058 - Pyrausta orphisalis

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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 orphisalis (Orange Mint Moth - Hodges#5058)

Hodges Number

5058

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrausta orphisalis Walker, 1859

Numbers

One of sixty-two species in this genus in America north of Mexico

Size

Wingspan 15-17 mm

Identification

Range

Coast to coast in US.

Season

The flight period is March to October with the peak from June to August.

Food

Larvae feed on mint species. (1)

Life Cycle

Larva; mating pair; oviposition:

See Also

Pyrausta generosa

Print References

Munroe, E. 1976. The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.2B. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 119; pl. 5.5-10.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

E.H. Strickland Museum

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

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

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 January, 2005 - 8:04pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Maury Heiman, ceiseman, marcie oconnor, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 15 July, 2024 - 8:31am

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