Pyrausta (moth)

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Genus of moths

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::summary Genus of moths ::

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

Nuss, M.. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search".

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