Biology:Pyrausta (moth)

Short description: Genus of moths

Pyrausta
Pyrausta despicata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Pyraustinae
Genus:	Pyrausta Schrank, 1802
Species
See text
Synonyms
Aplographe Warren, 1892 Autocosmia Warren, 1892 Botys Latreille, 1802 Botis Swainson, [1821] Ostreophena Sodoffsky, 1837 Ostreophana Sodoffsky, 1837 Botis J. L. R. Agassiz, 1847 Heliaca Hübner, 1806 Cindaphia Lederer, 1863 Haematia Hübner, 1818 Heliaca Hübner, 1822 Heliaca Hübner, 1818 Heliaca Hübner, 1808 Herbula Guenée, 1854 Hyaloscia Dognin, 1908 Mardinia Amsel, 1952 Panstegia Hübner, 1825 Perilypa Hübner, 1825 Porphyritis Hübner, 1825 Proteroeca Meyrick, 1884 Pyrausta Hübner, 1825 Anthocrypta Warren, 1892 Pyraustes Billberg, 1820 Sciorista Warren, 1890 Rattana Rose & Pajni, 1979 Syllythria Hübner, 1825 Rhodaria Guenée, 1845 Synchromia Guenée, 1854 Tholeria Hübner, 1823 Trigonuncus Amsel, 1952

Pyrausta is a speciose genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802.

Species

The genus includes the following species:

A

• Pyrausta acontialis (Staudinger, 1859)
• Pyrausta acrionalis (Walker, 1859)
• Pyrausta acrobasella Rebel, 1915
• Pyrausta adsocialis Zeller, 1852
• Pyrausta aerealis (Hübner, 1793)
• Pyrausta albescens Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta albipedalis (Snellen, 1899)
• Pyrausta albogrisea Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta alexandra Shodotova, 2010
• Pyrausta amatalis Rebel, 1903
• Pyrausta amboinalis (Pagenstecher, 1884)
• Pyrausta amelokalis (Viette, 1958)
• Pyrausta amiculatalis (Berg, 1876)
• Pyrausta anastasia Shodotova, 2010
• Pyrausta andrei Munroe, 1976
• Pyrausta ankaratralis Marion & Viette, 1956
• Pyrausta antisocialis Munroe, 1976
• Pyrausta apicalis (Hampson, 1913)
• Pyrausta approximalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Pyrausta arabica (Butler, 1884)
• Pyrausta arizonicalis Munroe, 1976
• Pyrausta armeniaca Slamka, 2013
• Pyrausta asopialis (Snellen, 1875)
• Pyrausta assutalis (Lederer, 1863)
• Pyrausta atrifusalis Hampson, 1903
• Pyrausta atropurpuralis (Grote, 1877)
• Pyrausta augustalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Pyrausta aurata Scopoli, 1763
• Pyrausta aurea (Hampson, 1913)

B-C

• Pyrausta babalis (Amsel, 1970)
• Pyrausta bambucivora (Moore, 1888)
• Pyrausta benenotata (Swinhoe, 1894)
• Pyrausta bicoloralis (Guenée, 1854)
• Pyrausta bicornutalis Amsel, 1956
• Pyrausta bieti Oberthür, 1886
• Pyrausta bilineaterminalis Maes, 2009
• Pyrausta bisignata (Butler, 1889)
• Pyrausta bitincta Meyrick, 1932
• Pyrausta borealis Packard, 1867
• Pyrausta bostralis (Hampson, 1919)
• Pyrausta bouveti Viette, 1981
• Pyrausta californicalis (Packard, 1873)
• Pyrausta callidoralis (Oberthür, 1891)
• Pyrausta cardinalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Pyrausta carnifex (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Pyrausta castalis Treitschke, 1829
• Pyrausta centralis Maes, 2009
• Pyrausta childrenalis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Pyrausta chilialis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Pyrausta chrysitis Butler, 1881
• Pyrausta chrysopygalis (Staudinger, 1900)
• Pyrausta chrysoterma Meyrick, 1933
• Pyrausta cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pyrausta cinnamomealis (Wallengren, 1860)
• Pyrausta coactalis (Snellen, 1890)
• Pyrausta coccinea Warren, 1892
• Pyrausta coenalis Hampson, 1900
• Pyrausta comastis Meyrick, 1884
• Pyrausta contigualis South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta contristalis Caradja, 1932
• Pyrausta coracinalis Leraut, 1982
• Pyrausta corinthalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
• Pyrausta culminivola Caradja, 1939
• Pyrausta curvalis (Leech, 1889)

D-F

• Pyrausta dapalis (Grote, 1881)
• Pyrausta decetialis Druce, 1895
• Pyrausta deidamialis (Druce, 1895)
• Pyrausta delicatalis Caradja, 1916
• Pyrausta demantrialis (Druce, 1895)
• Pyrausta despicata (Scopoli, 1763)
• Pyrausta diatoma Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta diplothaera Meyrick, 1936
• Pyrausta dissimulans Dyar, 1914
• Pyrausta distictalis Hampson, 1918
• Pyrausta draesekei Caradja, 1927
• Pyrausta ecteinalis Hampson, 1900
• Pyrausta elwesi (Staudinger, 1900)
• Pyrausta episcopalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
• Pyrausta euchromistes Dyar, 1918
• Pyrausta euergestalis (Amsel, 1954)
• Pyrausta euprepialis Hampson, 1903
• Pyrausta euralis Hampson, 1903
• Pyrausta euryphaea Meyrick, 1932
• Pyrausta facitalis (Berg, 1875)
• Pyrausta falcatalis Guenée, 1854
• Pyrausta ferrealis (Hampson, 1900)
• Pyrausta ferrifusalis (Hampson, 1893)
• Pyrausta fieldialis (Schaus, 1933)
• Pyrausta flavibrunnea Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta flavibrunnealis Hampson, 1908
• Pyrausta flavicollalis Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta flavidiscata Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta flavimarginalis (Hampson, 1913)
• Pyrausta flavofascialis (Grote, 1882)
• Pyrausta flavipunctalis (Marion, 1954)
• Pyrausta fodinalis (Lederer, 1863)
• Pyrausta fuliginata Yamanaka, 1978
• Pyrausta fulvalis (Dognin, 1908)
• Pyrausta fulvilinealis Hampson, 1918
• Pyrausta fulvitinctalis Hampson, 1918
• Pyrausta furvicoloralis Hampson, 1900

G-K

• Pyrausta gazalis Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta gemmiferalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Pyrausta generosa (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
• Pyrausta genialis South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta gentillalis Schaus, 1940
• Pyrausta germanalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
• Pyrausta gracilalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
• Pyrausta grisealis Maes, 2009
• Pyrausta griseocilialis South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta griseofumalis Hampson, 1900
• Pyrausta griveaudalis Viette, 1978
• Pyrausta grotei (Munroe, 1976)
• Pyrausta haemapastalis Hampson, 1908
• Pyrausta haematidalis Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta hampsoni South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta heliacalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Pyrausta heliothidia Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta homonymalis (Walker, 1866)
• Pyrausta ictericalis (Snellen, 1895)
• Pyrausta idonealis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
• Pyrausta ignealis (Hampson, 1899)
• Pyrausta ilithucialis (Walker, 1859)
• Pyrausta illiberalis (Hübner, 1823)
• Pyrausta infuscalis Hampson, 1918
• Pyrausta inglorialis (Hampson, 1900)
• Pyrausta inornatalis (Fernald, 1885)
• Pyrausta insequalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Pyrausta insignitalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Pyrausta insularis (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
• Pyrausta interfixalis (Walker, 1869)
• Pyrausta internexalis (Dognin, 1905)
• Pyrausta inveterascalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
• Pyrausta issykkulensis (Sauber, 1899)
• Pyrausta kandalis Viette, 1989
• Pyrausta klotsi Munroe, 1976

L-N

• Pyrausta lambomakandroalis Viette, 1954
• Pyrausta laresalis Schaus, 1940
• Pyrausta laristanalis Amsel, 1961
• Pyrausta laticlavia (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
• Pyrausta leechi South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta lethalis (Grote, 1881)
• Pyrausta limbata (Butler, 1879)
• Pyrausta limbopunctalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1849)
• Pyrausta linealis (Fernald, 1894)
• Pyrausta louvinia Clarke, 1965
• Pyrausta maenialis Oberthür, 1894
• Pyrausta mandarinalis South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta marginepunctalis Gaede, 1916
• Pyrausta melaleucalis (Eversmann, 1852)
• Pyrausta melanocera Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta metasialis Hampson, 1912
• Pyrausta microdontalis Hampson, 1912
• Pyrausta microdontaloides Maes, 2009
• Pyrausta minimalis Hampson, 1903
• Pyrausta mitis (Butler, 1883)
• Pyrausta monosema Hampson, 1912
• Pyrausta morelensis Lopez & Beutelspacher, 1986
• Pyrausta morenalis (Dyar, 1908)
• Pyrausta moupinalis South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta mystica Caradja, 1932
• Pyrausta napaealis (Hulst, 1886)
• Pyrausta nexalis (Hulst, 1886)
• Pyrausta nicalis (Grote, 1878)
• Pyrausta nigrata Scopoli, 1763
• Pyrausta nigrimaculata Y.S. Bae & Y.K. Kim, 2002
• Pyrausta niveicilialis (Grote, 1875)
• Pyrausta noctualis Yamanaka, 1978
• Pyrausta nugalis (Snellen, 1899)

O-P

• Pyrausta oberthuri South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta obfuscata Scopoli, 1763
• Pyrausta obscurior Caradja, 1938
• Pyrausta obstipalis South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta obtusanalis Druce, 1899
• Pyrausta occidentalis (Snellen, 1887)
• Pyrausta ochracealis Walker, 1866
• Pyrausta ochreicostalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
• Pyrausta odontogrammalis Caradja, 1925
• Pyrausta oenochrois (Meyrick, 1889)
• Pyrausta omicronalis (Snellen, 1880)
• Pyrausta onythesalis (Walker, 1859)
• Pyrausta orphisalis Walker, 1859
• Pyrausta ostrinalis (Hübner, 1796)
• Pyrausta pachyceralis Hampson, 1900
• Pyrausta paghmanalis (Amsel, 1970)
• Pyrausta pastrinalis (Guenée, 1862)
• Pyrausta pauperalis (Staudinger, 1879)
• Pyrausta pavidalis Zerny in Osthelder, 1935
• Pyrausta pectinalis Hampson, 1918
• Pyrausta pellicalis (Staudinger, 1870)
• Pyrausta perkeo Amsel, 1970
• Pyrausta perlalis (Maassen)
• Pyrausta perlelegans Hampson, 1898
• Pyrausta perparvula Maes, 2009
• Pyrausta perrubralis (Packard, 1873)
• Pyrausta persimilis Caradja, 1932
• Pyrausta peyrieralis Viette, 1978
• Pyrausta phaeochysis (Hampson, 1899)
• Pyrausta phaeophoenica Hampson, 1899
• Pyrausta phoenicealis (Hübner, 1818)
• Pyrausta phragmatidalis Hampson, 1908
• Pyrausta pilatealis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
• Pyrausta pionalis Toll, 1948
• Pyrausta plagalis Haimbach, 1908
• Pyrausta plinthinalis Swinhoe, 1907
• Pyrausta ploimalis Dyar, 1914
• Pyrausta polygamalis (Snellen, 1875)
• Pyrausta porphyralis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Pyrausta postalbalis South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta postaperta Dyar, 1914
• Pyrausta posticalis Saalmüller, 1880
• Pyrausta prochytalis (Druce, 1895)
• Pyrausta pseuderosnealis Munroe, 1976
• Pyrausta pseudonythesalis Munroe, 1976
• Pyrausta pulchripictalis (Hampson, 1895)
• Pyrausta punctilinealis South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta purpuralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pyrausta purpuraria (Butler, 1883)
• Pyrausta pygmealis South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta pyrocausta Hampson, 1899
• Pyrausta pythialis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

Q-S

• Pyrausta quadrimaculalis South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta quadrimaculalis (Dognin, 1908)
• Pyrausta rectifascialis (Sauber, 1899)
• Pyrausta retidiscalis Munroe, 1976
• Pyrausta rhipheusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Pyrausta rhodoxantha Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta roseivestalis Munroe, 1976
• Pyrausta rubellalis (Snellen, 1890)
• Pyrausta rubescentalis Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta rubralis (Warren, 1896)
• Pyrausta rubricalis Hübner, 1796
• Pyrausta rueckbeili (Sauber, 1899)
• Pyrausta rufalis South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta salvia (Druce, 1895)
• Pyrausta sanguifusalis Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta sanguinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Pyrausta sarobialis (Amsel, 1970)
• Pyrausta sartoralis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
• Pyrausta scurralis (Hulst, 1886)
• Pyrausta semirubralis (Packard, 1873)
• Pyrausta sexplagialis Gaede, 1917
• Pyrausta shirleyae Munroe, 1976
• Pyrausta signatalis (Walker, 1866)
• Pyrausta sikkima Moore, 1888
• Pyrausta silhetalis Guenée, 1854
• Pyrausta socialis (Grote, 1877)
• Pyrausta splendida Caradja, 1938
• Pyrausta staiusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Pyrausta sthenialis Hampson in Poulton, 1916
• Pyrausta stigmatalis (Sepp, 1855)
• Pyrausta strigatalis Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1937
• Pyrausta suavidalis (Berg, 1899)
• Pyrausta subcrocealis (Snellen, 1880)
• Pyrausta subflavalis (Warren, 1892)
• Pyrausta subfuscalis Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933
• Pyrausta subgenerosa Munroe, 1976
• Pyrausta subinquinalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Pyrausta subsequalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Pyrausta subviolalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
• Pyrausta sumptuosalis Caradja, 1927
• Pyrausta surinamensis (Sepp, 1882)
• Pyrausta syfanialis (Oberthür, 1893)
• Pyrausta syntomidalis (Viette, 1960)
• Pyrausta szetschwanalis Caradja, 1927

T-Z

• Pyrausta tapaishanensis Caradja, 1939
• Pyrausta tatalis (Grote, 1877)
• Pyrausta tenuilinea Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta terminalis Wileman & South, 1917
• Pyrausta tetraplagalis Hampson, 1899
• Pyrausta theialis (Walker, 1859)
• Pyrausta thibetalis Oberthür, 1886
• Pyrausta tinctalis Lederer, 1863
• Pyrausta tithonialis (Zeller, 1872)
• Pyrausta tortualis South in Leech & South, 1901
• Pyrausta trimaculalis (Staudinger, 1867)
• Pyrausta triphaenalis (Snellen, 1901)
• Pyrausta tripunctalis Dognin, 1908
• Pyrausta trizonalis Hampson, 1899
• Pyrausta tschelialis Caradja, 1927
• Pyrausta tuolumnalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
• Pyrausta tyralis (Guenée, 1854)
• Pyrausta unifascialis (Packard, 1873)
• Pyrausta unipunctata Butler, 1881
• Pyrausta vanalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Pyrausta variegalis (Snellen, 1875)
• Pyrausta venilialis (Mabille, 1880)
• Pyrausta vicarialis (Snellen, 1875)
• Pyrausta viola Butler, 1882
• Pyrausta violascens Hampson, 1918
• Pyrausta virginalis Duponchel, 1832
• Pyrausta volupialis (Grote, 1877)
• Pyrausta votanalis Schaus, 1940
• Pyrausta xanthomela (Hampson, 1913)
• Pyrausta zeitunalis Caradja, 1916
• Pyrausta zonalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

Former species

The following species were formerly included in this genus:

• Pyrausta atricinctalis Hampson, 1913
• Pyrausta aurea (Hampson, 1913)
• Pyrausta chrysocarpa Meyrick, 1937
• Pyrausta coccinealis
• Pyrausta delicatalis Caradja, 1916
• Pyrausta eriopisalis (Walker, 1859)
• Pyrausta funeralis Zerny, 1914
• Pyrausta incensalis (Lederer, 1863)
• Pyrausta intermedialis Caradja, 1916
• Pyrausta jatrophalis
• Pyrausta julialis (Walker, 1859)
• Pyrausta kukunorensis (Sauber, 1899)
• Pyrausta labordalis Viette, 1958
• Pyrausta mahensis T. B. Fletcher, 1910
• Pyrausta meciti Koçak, 1987
• Pyrausta nerialis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Pyrausta panopealis (Walker, 1859)
• Pyrausta patagoniensis
• Pyrausta procillusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Pyrausta pulvereiumbralis Hampson, 1918
• Pyrausta rufilinealis Hampson, 1910
• Pyrausta semilimbalis Mabille, 1900
• Pyrausta similis (Amsel, 1970)
• Pyrausta suisharyonalis Strand, 1918
• Pyrausta triselena Meyrick, 1937
• Pyrausta xanthothysana Hampson, 1903

Status unclear

• Pyrausta argyralis (O.-G. Costa, 1836), described as Botys argyralis from Italy.
• Pyrausta venalalis (Hulst, 1886), described as Botys venalalis from New York.

References

• Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Crambidae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Crambidae&sort=GENUS. 

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