Pyrausta borealis
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| Species: | P. borealis
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| Pyrausta borealis Packard, 1867
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Pyrausta borealis, the northern pyrausta moth, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Packard in 1867.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Newfoundland and Labrador west to British Columbia, north to Alaska and the Yukon.[2] The habitat consists of boreal forests.
The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The ground color of the fore- and hindwings is fulvous brown with dull yellowish-buff postmedial and subterminal lines. Adults are on wing from mid-May to mid-July.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was formerly treated as a subspecies of Pyrausta subsequalis.
References
- ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
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