Pyrausta obfuscata

Pyrausta obfuscata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pyrausta^[1]
Species:	P. obfuscata
Binomial name
*Pyrausta obfuscata* (Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
Phalaena obfuscata Scopoli, 1763 Phalaena Pyralis rubralis Villers, 1789 Pyrausta atrosanguinalis Eversmann, 1842 Pyrausta fucatalis Treitschke, 1835 Pyrausta pygmaealis Duponchel, 1832 Tinea bimaculosa Fourcroy, 1785

Pyrausta obfuscata is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found from Spain to Belgium and from France to the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and Russia.^[2]

Adults are on wing in July and August in one generation per year. They are active during the daytime on sunny days.^[3]

The larvae feed on Inula conyzae.^[4]

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