Pyrausta cingulata

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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