Pyrausta coracinalis

Pyrausta coracinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pyrausta[1]
Species: P. coracinalis
Binomial name
Pyrausta coracinalis
Leraut, 1982
Synonyms
  • Phalaena nigralis Hübner, 1793 (Preocc.)
  • Phalaena nigralis Fabricius, 1794

Pyrausta coracinalis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic and most of the Balkan Peninsula (except Greece).[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Salvia pratensis.[3]

References

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. lepidoptera.pl


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