| Pyrausta carnifex | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pyrausta |
| Species: | P. carnifex |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrausta carnifex | |
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Pyrausta carnifex is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Cajetan von Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. [1] It is found on Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Virgin Islands. [2]
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