Pyrausta aurea: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Pyrausta
Species
Pyrausta aurea
Scientific Name
Pyrausta aurea

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pyrausta aurea

Pyrausta aurea is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found from Nevada, southern Arizona, southern Texas and Mexico south at least to Costa Rica.

The wingspan is about 18 mm for males and 20 mm for females. Adults are orange with a faint oblique antemedial line on the forewings. Adults are on wing from June to August.

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