Pyrausta (moth)
Goldzünsler ( Pyrausta aurata )
Pyrausta is a butterfly genus in the family Crambidae. It is within this family, the type genus of the subfamily Pyraustinae.
Habitat
This habitat of species of Pyrausta include lawns, gardens and grassy places.
Way of life
The species of the genus Pyrausta have developed a variety of forage crops. The caterpillars feed usually near the ground together in spun leaves of fodder plants.
Dissemination
The genus is distributed worldwide.
Taxonomy
The genus Pyrausta about 75 species are currently being calculated. In Europe so far 20 species were recorded, 14 species occur in Central Europe.
- Pyrausta acontialis (Staudinger, 1859)
- Pyrausta aerealis ( Hübner, 1793)
- Pyrausta amatalis Rebel, 1903
- Goldzünsler ( Pyrausta aurata ( Scopoli, 1763) )
- Pyrausta Castalis Treitschke, 1829
- Pyrausta cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pyrausta coracinalis Leraut, 1982
- Olive brown corn borer ( Pyrausta despicata ( Scopoli, 1763) )
- Pyrausta falcatalis Guenée, 1854
- Pyrausta limbopunctalis ( Herrich -Schäffer, 1849)
- Pyrausta nigrata ( Scopoli, 1763)
- Pyrausta obfuscata ( Scopoli, 1763)
- Pyrausta ostrinalis ( Hübner, 1796)
- Pyrausta pelli calis (Staudinger, 1871)
- Pyrausta porphyralis ( Denis & Schiffer Müller, 1775)
- Purple corn borer Pyrausta purpuralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pyrausta rectefascialis Toll, 1936
- Pyrausta sanguinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Pyrausta trimaculalis (Staudinger, 1867)
- Pyrausta virginalis Duponchel, 1832