A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (4/30/2020).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/11/2017).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/24/2014).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (6/2/2017).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/5/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 563073 - Psn: 44)

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/5/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/3/2022).

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A female Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (4/26/2016).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/25/2014).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (4/15/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 551927 - Psn: 45)

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (4/15/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/23/2020).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/13/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 569057 - Psn: 55)

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/13/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (7/22/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 707546 - Psn: 55)

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (7/22/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/14/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 926287 - Psn: 55)

Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/14/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/4/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 953038 - Psn: 55)

Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/4/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/7/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 468637 - Psn: 56)

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (5/14/2005). Determined by John Glaser.

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/22/2016). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 280271 - Psn: 65)

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/22/2016). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/22/2016). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/16/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 435065 - Psn: 66)

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/16/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/29/2022).

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A Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth caterpillar on bush honeysuckle in Baltimore City, Maryland (9/24/2012).

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A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (4/30/2020). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/11/2017). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/24/2014). Media by Emily Stanley.

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (6/2/2017). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/5/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/3/2022). View Record Details Media by Dave Webb.

A female Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (4/26/2016). View Record Details Media by Jonathan Willey.

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/25/2014). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (4/15/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/23/2020). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/13/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (7/22/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/14/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Emilio Concari.

Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/4/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Frode Jacobsen.

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (5/14/2005). Determined by John Glaser. View Record Details Media by Larry Line.

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/22/2016). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Hans Holbrook.

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/16/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Emilio Concari.

A male Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/29/2022). View Record Details Media by Dave Webb.

A Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth caterpillar on bush honeysuckle in Baltimore City, Maryland (9/24/2012). View Record Details Media by Thomas Wilson.

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Perispasta

Perispasta caeculalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Pyraustinae
Genus:	Perispasta Zeller, 1875
Species:	P. caeculalis
Binomial name
*Perispasta caeculalis* Zeller, 1875
Synonyms
Perispasta immixtalis Grote, 1881

Perispasta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Perispasta caeculalis, or Titian Peale's pyralid moth, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Quebec west to British Columbia, south to Florida, Texas and Colorado.^[1] The habitat consists of fields and meadows.^[2] Both the genus and species were first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1875.^[3]

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are dark brown with a white discal bar. The hindwings are white.^[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from January to November, depending on the location.

References

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^ mothphotographersgroup
^ Bug Guide
^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
^ Bird, C. D. (2008). "Species Details: Perispasta caeculalis". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 27, 2020.

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Taxon identifiers
Perispasta	Wikidata: Q7168770 BioLib: 1083045 BOLD: 7448 BugGuide: 32345 ButMoth: 22333.0 CoL: 92JL5 EoL: 59822 GBIF: 1886649 iNaturalist: 178385 IRMNG: 1018897 ITIS: 117739 LepIndex: 26138 NCBI: 582127 Open Tree of Life: 759626

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Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth

Perispasta caeculalis Zeller, 1875

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