Pyrausta aerealis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

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. 1 2 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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