Pyrausta obfuscata

Pyrausta obfuscata is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found from Spain to Belgium and from France to the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and Russia.[2]

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

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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