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]

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium
  4. ↑ lepiforum.de


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