Pyrausta
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Golden borer ( Pyrausta aurata ) |
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Olive-brown borer ( Pyrausta despicata )
Pyrausta is a Butterfly - genus from the family of Crambidae . Within this family, it is the type genus of the subfamily Pyraustinae .
habitat
The habitat of the species of Pyrausta includes meadows, gardens and grassy areas .
Way of life
The species of the genus Pyrausta have developed a variety of forage plants. The caterpillars usually feed near the ground in the woven leaves of the forage plants.
distribution
The genus is distributed worldwide.
Taxonomy
About 75 species are currently counted in the genus Pyrausta . So far, 20 species have been identified in Europe , 14 species are also found in Central Europe .
- Pyrausta acontialis ( Staudinger , 1859)
- Pyrausta aerealis ( Huebner , 1793)
- Pyrausta amatalis Rebel , 1903
- Golden borer ( Pyrausta aurata ( Scopoli , 1763))
- Pyrausta castalis Treitschke , 1829
- Pyrausta cingulata ( Linnaeus , 1758)
- Pyrausta coracinalis Leraut , 1982
- Olive-brown borer ( Pyrausta despicata ( Scopoli , 1763))
- Pyrausta falcatalis Guenée , 1854
- Pyrausta limbopunctalis ( Herrich-Schäffer , 1849)
- Pyrausta nigrata ( Scopoli , 1763)
- Pyrausta obfuscata ( Scopoli , 1763)
- Pyrausta ostrinalis ( Huebner , 1796)
- Pyrausta pellicalis ( Staudinger , 1871)
- Pyrausta porphyralis ( Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775)
- Purple borer ( Pyrausta purpuralis ( Linnaeus , 1758))
- Pyrausta rectefascialis Toll , 1936
- Pyrausta sanguinalis ( Linnaeus , 1767)
- Pyrausta trimaculalis ( Staudinger , 1867)
- Pyrausta virginalis Duponchel , 1832
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Pyrausta Cabinet 1802. Fauna Europaea, Version 1.3, April 19, 2007 , accessed on December 17, 2007 .
- ↑ Pyralidae (European borer) in Central Europe. Lepiforum e. V .: Determination aid of the Lepiforum for the butterfly species found in Germany, Austria and Switzerland., Accessed on December 17, 2007 .
literature
- František Slamka: The common moth (Pyraloidea) of Central Europe: determination - distribution - flight area - way of life of the caterpillars . 2nd partially revised edition, Bratislava 1997, ISBN 80-967540-2-5
- Thomas Kaltenbach, Peter Victor Küppers: Small butterflies. Verlag J. Neudamm-Neudamm, Melsungen 1987, ISBN 3-7888-0510-2
Web links
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