Pyrausta (moth)

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Pyrausta
Pyraustinae - Pyrausta despicata.JPG
Pyrausta despicata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Pyraustinae
Genus: Pyrausta
Schrank, 1802 [1]
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • AplographeWarren, 1892
  • AutocosmiaWarren, 1892
  • BotysLatreille, 1802
  • BotisSwainson, [1821]
  • OstreophenaSodoffsky, 1837
  • OstreophanaSodoffsky, 1837
  • BotisJ. L. R. Agassiz, 1847
  • HeliacaHübner, 1806
  • CindaphiaLederer, 1863
  • HaematiaHübner, 1818
  • HeliacaHübner, 1822
  • HeliacaHübner, 1818
  • HeliacaHübner, 1808
  • HerbulaGuenée, 1854
  • HyalosciaDognin, 1908
  • MardiniaAmsel, 1952
  • PanstegiaHübner, 1825
  • PerilypaHübner, 1825
  • PorphyritisHübner, 1825
  • ProteroecaMeyrick, 1884
  • PyraustaHübner, 1825
  • AnthocryptaWarren, 1892
  • PyraustesBillberg, 1820
  • ScioristaWarren, 1890
  • RattanaRose & Pajni, 1979
  • SyllythriaHübner, 1825
  • RhodariaGuenée, 1845
  • SynchromiaGuenée, 1854
  • TholeriaHübner, 1823
  • TrigonuncusAmsel, 1952

Pyrausta is a speciose genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802.

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Species

The genus includes the following species:

A

B-C

D-F

G-K

L-N

O-P

Q-S

T-Z

Former species

The following species were formerly included in this genus:

Status unclear

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References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
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