Pyrausta porphyralis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Pyrausta
- Species
- Pyrausta porphyralis
- Scientific Name
- Pyrausta porphyralis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pyrausta porphyralis
Pyrausta porphyralis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, Croatia, Greece and Ukraine).
The wingspan is 15–18 mm.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Mentha aquatica, Origanum and Helichrysum species.
...Pyrausta porphyralis in languages:
- Bokmål
- porfyrengmott
- Dutch
- Roestkleurige muntvlinder
- Finnish
- käpäläkirjokoisa
- German
- Porphyr-Purpurzünsler
- Swedish
- porfyrljusmott
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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