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Pyrausta obfuscata

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Pyrausta obfuscata
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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

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]

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[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ lepiforum.de