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Pyrausta scurralis

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Pyrausta scurralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pyrausta
Species:
P. scurralis
Binomial name
Pyrausta scurralis
(Hulst, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Botis scurralis Hulst, 1886
  • Pyrausta postrubralis Hampson, 1899

Pyrausta scurralis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was first observed and described by George Duryea Hulst in 1886.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded/reported in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan to the US states, California, Arizona, and New Mexico and in Mexico.[2]

The wingspan of this moth is about 23 mm.

The larvae possibly feed on a Labiatae species.[3]

Subspecies

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  • Pyrausta scurralis scurralis
  • Pyrausta scurralis awemealis Munroe, 1976 (Manitoba, Saskatchewan)

References

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  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  2. "801546.00 – 5065 – Pyrausta scurralis – (Hulst, 1886)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  3. Bird, C. D. (2008). "Species Details: Pyrausta scurralis". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 29, 2020.