Pyrausta despicata

MOTH INFO

Pyrausta despicata is a moth of the family Crambidae on the island of Crete, Greece.

Scientific name

Pyrausta despicata (Scopoli, 1763)

Pyrausta despicatus (Scopoli, 1763)

Phalaena despicata (Scopoli, 1763)

Pyralis caespitalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Botis caespitalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Common name

Classification

Superfamily: Pyraloidea > Family: Crambidae > Subfamily: Pyraustinae > Tribus: Pyraustini > Genus: Pyrausta

Wingspan

14-20 mm

Appearance

The color of the wings is brown or greyish, with quite variable pale brown markings.

The forewings are brownish-grey or brown-colored, sometimes blackish-sprinkled. The first line is obscurely pale or obsolete and the second one is pale greyish-ochreous, often obsolete except on the costa.

The hindwings in males are grey and in females blackish; sometimes there is a darker discal dot.

Habitat

Calcareous slopes, road sides, grassy terrain, river banks, and lake shores.

Food plant

Flight period

Links

Lepiforum e. V.

Lepidoptera Mundi

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