Pyrausta cingulata

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Pyrausta cingulata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pyrausta
Species:	P. cingulata
Binomial name
*Pyrausta cingulata* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Phalaena (Geometra) cingulata Linnaeus, 1758 Botys vittalis La Harpe, 1864 Botys cingulalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Botys eremitica Fourcroy, 1785 Phalaena aethiopata Scopoli, 1763 Phalaena nigralis Fabricius, 1781 Pyrausta cingulalis ab. bicingulalis W. P. Curtis, 1934 Pyrausta cingulata f. apenninalis Costantini, 1923 Pyrausta rectefascialis Toll, 1936 Pyrausta rectefasciata ab. schmidti Szent-Ivány, 1941

The Silver-barred Sable (Pyrausta cingulata) is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.

The larvae probably feed on Thymus polytrichus.

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