Pyrausta augustalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Pyrausta |
Species: | P. augustalis |
Binomial name | |
Pyrausta augustalis | |
Synonyms | |
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Pyrausta augustalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found from Texas through Mexico [1] south to Central America.
The wingspan is about 18 mm. [2] Adults have been recorded on wing in March, from June to July and in November. [3]
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Petrophila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Lansdown Guilding in 1830.
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Callidula is a genus of moths of the family Callidulidae.
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Choreutis is a moth genus. It belongs to the metalmark moths, and therein to subfamily Choreutinae. Of these, it is the type genus. The genus was described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Jocara is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.
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