Pyrausta (moth)

Pyrausta is a speciose genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802.

Species
The genus includes the following species:

A

 * Pyrausta acontialis (Staudinger, 1859)
 * Pyrausta acrionalis (Walker, 1859)
 * Pyrausta acrobasella Rebel, 1915
 * Pyrausta adsocialis Zeller, 1852
 * Pyrausta aerealis (Hübner, 1793)
 * Pyrausta albescens Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta albipedalis (Snellen, 1899)
 * Pyrausta albogrisea Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta alexandra Shodotova, 2010
 * Pyrausta amatalis Rebel, 1903
 * Pyrausta amboinalis (Pagenstecher, 1884)
 * Pyrausta amelokalis (Viette, 1958)
 * Pyrausta amiculatalis (Berg, 1876)
 * Pyrausta anastasia Shodotova, 2010
 * Pyrausta andrei Munroe, 1976
 * Pyrausta ankaratralis Marion & Viette, 1956
 * Pyrausta antisocialis Munroe, 1976
 * Pyrausta apicalis (Hampson, 1913)
 * Pyrausta approximalis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Pyrausta arabica (Butler, 1884)
 * Pyrausta arizonicalis Munroe, 1976
 * Pyrausta armeniaca Slamka, 2013
 * Pyrausta asopialis (Snellen, 1875)
 * Pyrausta assutalis (Lederer, 1863)
 * Pyrausta atrifusalis Hampson, 1903
 * Pyrausta atropurpuralis (Grote, 1877)
 * Pyrausta augustalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
 * Pyrausta aurata Scopoli, 1763
 * Pyrausta aurea (Hampson, 1913)

B-C

 * Pyrausta babalis (Amsel, 1970)
 * Pyrausta bambucivora (Moore, 1888)
 * Pyrausta benenotata (Swinhoe, 1894)
 * Pyrausta bicoloralis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Pyrausta bicornutalis Amsel, 1956
 * Pyrausta bieti Oberthür, 1886
 * Pyrausta bilineaterminalis Maes, 2009
 * Pyrausta bisignata (Butler, 1889)
 * Pyrausta bitincta Meyrick, 1932
 * Pyrausta borealis Packard, 1867
 * Pyrausta bostralis (Hampson, 1919)
 * Pyrausta bouveti Viette, 1981
 * Pyrausta californicalis (Packard, 1873)
 * Pyrausta callidoralis (Oberthür, 1891)
 * Pyrausta cardinalis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Pyrausta carnifex (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
 * Pyrausta castalis Treitschke, 1829
 * Pyrausta centralis Maes, 2009
 * Pyrausta childrenalis (Boisduval, 1833)
 * Pyrausta chilialis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
 * Pyrausta chrysitis Butler, 1881
 * Pyrausta chrysopygalis (Staudinger, 1900)
 * Pyrausta chrysoterma Meyrick, 1933
 * Pyrausta cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pyrausta cinnamomealis (Wallengren, 1860)
 * Pyrausta coactalis (Snellen, 1890)
 * Pyrausta coccinea Warren, 1892
 * Pyrausta coenalis Hampson, 1900
 * Pyrausta comastis Meyrick, 1884
 * Pyrausta contigualis South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta contristalis Caradja, 1932
 * Pyrausta coracinalis Leraut, 1982
 * Pyrausta corinthalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
 * Pyrausta culminivola Caradja, 1939
 * Pyrausta curvalis (Leech, 1889)

D-F

 * Pyrausta dapalis (Grote, 1881)
 * Pyrausta decetialis Druce, 1895
 * Pyrausta deidamialis (Druce, 1895)
 * Pyrausta delicatalis Caradja, 1916
 * Pyrausta demantrialis (Druce, 1895)
 * Pyrausta despicata (Scopoli, 1763)
 * Pyrausta diatoma Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta diplothaera Meyrick, 1936
 * Pyrausta dissimulans Dyar, 1914
 * Pyrausta distictalis Hampson, 1918
 * Pyrausta draesekei Caradja, 1927
 * Pyrausta ecteinalis Hampson, 1900
 * Pyrausta elwesi (Staudinger, 1900)
 * Pyrausta episcopalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
 * Pyrausta euchromistes Dyar, 1918
 * Pyrausta euergestalis (Amsel, 1954)
 * Pyrausta euprepialis Hampson, 1903
 * Pyrausta euralis Hampson, 1903
 * Pyrausta euryphaea Meyrick, 1932
 * Pyrausta facitalis (Berg, 1875)
 * Pyrausta falcatalis Guenée, 1854
 * Pyrausta ferrealis (Hampson, 1900)
 * Pyrausta ferrifusalis (Hampson, 1893)
 * Pyrausta fieldialis (Schaus, 1933)
 * Pyrausta flavibrunnea Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta flavibrunnealis Hampson, 1908
 * Pyrausta flavicollalis Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta flavidiscata Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta flavimarginalis (Hampson, 1913)
 * Pyrausta flavofascialis (Grote, 1882)
 * Pyrausta flavipunctalis (Marion, 1954)
 * Pyrausta fodinalis (Lederer, 1863)
 * Pyrausta fuliginata Yamanaka, 1978
 * Pyrausta fulvalis (Dognin, 1908)
 * Pyrausta fulvilinealis Hampson, 1918
 * Pyrausta fulvitinctalis Hampson, 1918
 * Pyrausta furvicoloralis Hampson, 1900

G-K

 * Pyrausta gazalis Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta gemmiferalis (Zeller, 1852)
 * Pyrausta generosa (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
 * Pyrausta genialis South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta gentillalis Schaus, 1940
 * Pyrausta germanalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
 * Pyrausta gracilalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
 * Pyrausta grisealis Maes, 2009
 * Pyrausta griseocilialis South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta griseofumalis Hampson, 1900
 * Pyrausta griveaudalis Viette, 1978
 * Pyrausta grotei (Munroe, 1976)
 * Pyrausta haemapastalis Hampson, 1908
 * Pyrausta haematidalis Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta hampsoni South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta heliacalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
 * Pyrausta heliothidia Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta homonymalis (Walker, 1866)
 * Pyrausta ictericalis (Snellen, 1895)
 * Pyrausta idonealis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
 * Pyrausta ignealis (Hampson, 1899)
 * Pyrausta ilithucialis (Walker, 1859)
 * Pyrausta illiberalis (Hübner, 1823)
 * Pyrausta infuscalis Hampson, 1918
 * Pyrausta inglorialis (Hampson, 1900)
 * Pyrausta inornatalis (Fernald, 1885)
 * Pyrausta insequalis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Pyrausta insignitalis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Pyrausta insularis (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
 * Pyrausta interfixalis (Walker, 1869)
 * Pyrausta internexalis (Dognin, 1905)
 * Pyrausta inveterascalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
 * Pyrausta issykkulensis (Sauber, 1899)
 * Pyrausta kandalis Viette, 1989
 * Pyrausta klotsi Munroe, 1976

L-N

 * Pyrausta lambomakandroalis Viette, 1954
 * Pyrausta laresalis Schaus, 1940
 * Pyrausta laristanalis Amsel, 1961
 * Pyrausta laticlavia (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
 * Pyrausta leechi South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta lethalis (Grote, 1881)
 * Pyrausta limbata (Butler, 1879)
 * Pyrausta limbopunctalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1849)
 * Pyrausta linealis (Fernald, 1894)
 * Pyrausta louvinia Clarke, 1965
 * Pyrausta maenialis Oberthür, 1894
 * Pyrausta mandarinalis South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta marginepunctalis Gaede, 1916
 * Pyrausta melaleucalis (Eversmann, 1852)
 * Pyrausta melanocera Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta metasialis Hampson, 1912
 * Pyrausta microdontalis Hampson, 1912
 * Pyrausta microdontaloides Maes, 2009
 * Pyrausta minimalis Hampson, 1903
 * Pyrausta mitis (Butler, 1883)
 * Pyrausta monosema Hampson, 1912
 * Pyrausta morelensis Lopez & Beutelspacher, 1986
 * Pyrausta morenalis (Dyar, 1908)
 * Pyrausta moupinalis South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta mystica Caradja, 1932
 * Pyrausta napaealis (Hulst, 1886)
 * Pyrausta nexalis (Hulst, 1886)
 * Pyrausta nicalis (Grote, 1878)
 * Pyrausta nigrata Scopoli, 1763
 * Pyrausta nigrimaculata Y.S. Bae & Y.K. Kim, 2002
 * Pyrausta niveicilialis (Grote, 1875)
 * Pyrausta noctualis Yamanaka, 1978
 * Pyrausta nugalis (Snellen, 1899)

O-P

 * Pyrausta oberthuri South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta obfuscata Scopoli, 1763
 * Pyrausta obscurior Caradja, 1938
 * Pyrausta obstipalis South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta obtusanalis Druce, 1899
 * Pyrausta occidentalis (Snellen, 1887)
 * Pyrausta ochracealis Walker, 1866
 * Pyrausta ochreicostalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
 * Pyrausta odontogrammalis Caradja, 1925
 * Pyrausta oenochrois (Meyrick, 1889)
 * Pyrausta omicronalis (Snellen, 1880)
 * Pyrausta onythesalis (Walker, 1859)
 * Pyrausta orphisalis Walker, 1859
 * Pyrausta ostrinalis (Hübner, 1796)
 * Pyrausta pachyceralis Hampson, 1900
 * Pyrausta paghmanalis (Amsel, 1970)
 * Pyrausta pastrinalis (Guenée, 1862)
 * Pyrausta pauperalis (Staudinger, 1879)
 * Pyrausta pavidalis Zerny in Osthelder, 1935
 * Pyrausta pectinalis Hampson, 1918
 * Pyrausta pellicalis (Staudinger, 1870)
 * Pyrausta perkeo Amsel, 1970
 * Pyrausta perlalis (Maassen)
 * Pyrausta perlelegans Hampson, 1898
 * Pyrausta perparvula Maes, 2009
 * Pyrausta perrubralis (Packard, 1873)
 * Pyrausta persimilis Caradja, 1932
 * Pyrausta peyrieralis Viette, 1978
 * Pyrausta phaeochysis (Hampson, 1899)
 * Pyrausta phaeophoenica Hampson, 1899
 * Pyrausta phoenicealis (Hübner, 1818)
 * Pyrausta phragmatidalis Hampson, 1908
 * Pyrausta pilatealis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
 * Pyrausta pionalis Toll, 1948
 * Pyrausta plagalis Haimbach, 1908
 * Pyrausta plinthinalis Swinhoe, 1907
 * Pyrausta ploimalis Dyar, 1914
 * Pyrausta polygamalis (Snellen, 1875)
 * Pyrausta porphyralis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Pyrausta postalbalis South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta postaperta Dyar, 1914
 * Pyrausta posticalis Saalmüller, 1880
 * Pyrausta prochytalis (Druce, 1895)
 * Pyrausta pseuderosnealis Munroe, 1976
 * Pyrausta pseudonythesalis Munroe, 1976
 * Pyrausta pulchripictalis (Hampson, 1895)
 * Pyrausta punctilinealis South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta purpuralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pyrausta purpuraria (Butler, 1883)
 * Pyrausta pygmealis South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta pyrocausta Hampson, 1899
 * Pyrausta pythialis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

Q-S

 * Pyrausta quadrimaculalis South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta quadrimaculalis (Dognin, 1908)
 * Pyrausta rectifascialis (Sauber, 1899)
 * Pyrausta retidiscalis Munroe, 1976
 * Pyrausta rhipheusalis (Walker, 1859)
 * Pyrausta rhodoxantha Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta roseivestalis Munroe, 1976
 * Pyrausta rubellalis (Snellen, 1890)
 * Pyrausta rubescentalis Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta rubralis (Warren, 1896)
 * Pyrausta rubricalis Hübner, 1796
 * Pyrausta rueckbeili (Sauber, 1899)
 * Pyrausta rufalis South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta salvia (Druce, 1895)
 * Pyrausta sanguifusalis Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta sanguinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Pyrausta sarobialis (Amsel, 1970)
 * Pyrausta sartoralis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
 * Pyrausta scurralis (Hulst, 1886)
 * Pyrausta semirubralis (Packard, 1873)
 * Pyrausta sexplagialis Gaede, 1917
 * Pyrausta shirleyae Munroe, 1976
 * Pyrausta signatalis (Walker, 1866)
 * Pyrausta sikkima Moore, 1888
 * Pyrausta silhetalis Guenée, 1854
 * Pyrausta socialis (Grote, 1877)
 * Pyrausta splendida Caradja, 1938
 * Pyrausta staiusalis (Walker, 1859)
 * Pyrausta sthenialis Hampson in Poulton, 1916
 * Pyrausta stigmatalis (Sepp, 1855)
 * Pyrausta strigatalis Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1937
 * Pyrausta suavidalis (Berg, 1899)
 * Pyrausta subcrocealis (Snellen, 1880)
 * Pyrausta subflavalis (Warren, 1892)
 * Pyrausta subfuscalis Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933
 * Pyrausta subgenerosa Munroe, 1976
 * Pyrausta subinquinalis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Pyrausta subsequalis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Pyrausta subviolalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
 * Pyrausta sumptuosalis Caradja, 1927
 * Pyrausta surinamensis (Sepp, 1882)
 * Pyrausta syfanialis (Oberthür, 1893)
 * Pyrausta syntomidalis (Viette, 1960)
 * Pyrausta szetschwanalis Caradja, 1927

T-Z

 * Pyrausta tapaishanensis Caradja, 1939
 * Pyrausta tatalis (Grote, 1877)
 * Pyrausta tenuilinea Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta terminalis Wileman & South, 1917
 * Pyrausta tetraplagalis Hampson, 1899
 * Pyrausta theialis (Walker, 1859)
 * Pyrausta thibetalis Oberthür, 1886
 * Pyrausta tinctalis Lederer, 1863
 * Pyrausta tithonialis (Zeller, 1872)
 * Pyrausta tortualis South in Leech & South, 1901
 * Pyrausta trimaculalis (Staudinger, 1867)
 * Pyrausta triphaenalis (Snellen, 1901)
 * Pyrausta tripunctalis Dognin, 1908
 * Pyrausta trizonalis Hampson, 1899
 * Pyrausta tschelialis Caradja, 1927
 * Pyrausta tuolumnalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
 * Pyrausta tyralis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Pyrausta unifascialis (Packard, 1873)
 * Pyrausta unipunctata Butler, 1881
 * Pyrausta vanalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
 * Pyrausta variegalis (Snellen, 1875)
 * Pyrausta venilialis (Mabille, 1880)
 * Pyrausta vicarialis (Snellen, 1875)
 * Pyrausta viola Butler, 1882
 * Pyrausta violascens Hampson, 1918
 * Pyrausta virginalis Duponchel, 1832
 * Pyrausta volupialis (Grote, 1877)
 * Pyrausta votanalis Schaus, 1940
 * Pyrausta xanthomela (Hampson, 1913)
 * Pyrausta zeitunalis Caradja, 1916
 * Pyrausta zonalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

Former species
The following species were formerly included in this genus:


 * Pyrausta atricinctalis Hampson, 1913
 * Pyrausta aurea (Hampson, 1913)
 * Pyrausta chrysocarpa Meyrick, 1937
 * Pyrausta coccinealis
 * Pyrausta delicatalis Caradja, 1916
 * Pyrausta eriopisalis (Walker, 1859)
 * Pyrausta funeralis Zerny, 1914
 * Pyrausta incensalis (Lederer, 1863)
 * Pyrausta intermedialis Caradja, 1916
 * Pyrausta jatrophalis
 * Pyrausta julialis (Walker, 1859)
 * Pyrausta kukunorensis (Sauber, 1899)
 * Pyrausta labordalis Viette, 1958
 * Pyrausta mahensis T. B. Fletcher, 1910
 * Pyrausta meciti Koçak, 1987
 * Pyrausta nerialis (Boisduval, 1833)
 * Pyrausta panopealis (Walker, 1859)
 * Pyrausta patagoniensis
 * Pyrausta procillusalis (Walker, 1859)
 * Pyrausta pulvereiumbralis Hampson, 1918
 * Pyrausta rufilinealis Hampson, 1910
 * Pyrausta semilimbalis Mabille, 1900
 * Pyrausta similis (Amsel, 1970)
 * Pyrausta suisharyonalis Strand, 1918
 * Pyrausta triselena Meyrick, 1937
 * Pyrausta xanthothysana Hampson, 1903

Status unclear

 * Pyrausta argyralis (O.-G. Costa, 1836), described as Botys argyralis from Italy.
 * Pyrausta venalalis (Hulst, 1886), described as Botys venalalis from New York.