Pyrausta aerealis

Pyrausta aerealis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1793.[1] It is found in most of Europe (except Portugal, Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Norway, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Hungary).[2] It has also been recorded from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,[3] Afghanistan, China and Algeria.[1]

Pyrausta aerealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pyrausta
Species:
P. aerealis
Binomial name
Pyrausta aerealis
(Hubner, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena Pyralis aerealis Hubner, 1793
  • Pyrausta aerealis ablutalis Eversmann, 1844
  • Panstegia aerealis afghanalis Amsel, 1970
  • Panstegia aerealis bandiamiralis Amsel, 1970
  • Pyrausta aerealis cinnamomalis (Zerny, 1914)
  • Pyrausta aerealis glaucalis (Zerny, 1914)
  • Pyrausta glaucalis Caradja, 1927
  • Pyrausta aerealis mauretanica Rebel, 1907
  • Pyralis aerealis opacalis Hübner, 1813
  • Phalaena obsoletalis Fabricius, 1794
  • Phalaena obsoletus Fabricius, 1798
  • Pyrausta aerealis ab. unicolor Thurner, 1941
  • Pyrausta aerealis unicolor Rebel, 1917
  • Pyrausta wockei Rebel, 1902
  • Scopula suffusalis Treitschke, 1829
  • Pyrausta meciti Koçak, 1987

The wingspan is 18–26 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Artemisia vulgaris, Thymus serpyllum, Scrophularia, Gnaphalium, Helichrysum and Thalictrum species.[4]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. BOLD Systems
  4. Savela, Markku. "Pyrausta aerealis (Hübner, 1796)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 19, 2018.


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