Pyrausta tuolumnalis

Pyrausta tuolumnalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pyrausta
Species: P. tuolumnalis
Binomial name
Pyrausta tuolumnalis
Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

Pyrausta tuolumnalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the western Northwest Territories and Yukon, south through British Columbia and Alberta to the mountains of California and New Mexico.[2] The habitat consists of forested areas in the mountains.

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The wings are dark brown with a buff postmedial line and a buff discal spot on both the forewings and hindwings. Adults are on wing in June and July.[3]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum


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