Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth
Pyrausta tyralis (Guenée, 1854)
Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/6697
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Hodges #5069 
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"The only recorded food plant is a species of wild coffee, Psychotria nervosa Sweet, reported (as P. undata, a synonym) by Kimball (1965: 217). As Psychotria is not present in most of its range, tyralis must have other hosts (John Glaser, Micromoths, 2005).

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Pyrausta tyralis
Pyrausta tyralis, coffee-loving pyrausta moth, Size: 8.9 mm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pyrausta
Species:
P. tyralis
Binomial name
Pyrausta tyralis
(Guenée, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Rhodaria tyralis Guenée, 1854
  • Botis bellulalis Hulst, 1886
  • Botys diffissa Grote & Robinson, 1867
  • Pyrausta erosnealis Walker, 1859
  • Rhodaria agathalis Walker, 1859
  • Syllythria idessa Druce, 1895
Pyrausta tyralis, coffee-loving pyrausta moth
Pyrausta tyralis, coffee-loving pyrausta moth

Pyrausta tyralis, the coffee-loving pyrausta moth, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854.[1] It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from New York to Illinois and from Florida to Arizona.[2] It is also found from Mexico to Venezuela, as well as on the West Indies.[3]

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in).[4] Adults have been recorded on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Psychotria nervosa, Psychotria undata, Bidens connata and Dahlia species.

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  2. ^ "Species Pyrausta tyralis - Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth - Hodges#5069". BugGuide. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  3. ^ Savela, Markku. "Pyrausta tyralis (Guenée, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  4. ^ "801550.00 – 5069 – Pyrausta tyralis – Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth – (Guenée, 1854)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved February 26, 2018.


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