Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Pyrausta | |
Similar Pyrausta rubricalis, Pyrausta acrionalis, Pyrausta orphisalis, Pyrausta tyralis, Pyrausta phoenicealis | ||
Pyrausta aurea is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1913. It is found from Nevada, southern Arizona, southern Texas and Mexico south at least to Costa Rica.
The wingspan is about 18 mm for males and 20 mm for females. Adults are orange with a faint oblique antemedial line on the forewings. Adults are on wing from June to August.
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