Pyrausta phoenicealis (Hubner)

Swezey, O. H., 1946, Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agrotidae, and Pyralidae of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189, pp. 163-185 : 184

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5165313
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5224300
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B387B8-E95E-FFB4-FE74-85AA90CC0AA0
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Pyrausta phoenicealis (Hubner)
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41. Pyrausta phoenicealis (Hubner) View in CoL .

Pyralis phoenicealis Hiibner, Zutr. Samml. Ex. Schm. 1: 22, figs. 115, 116, 1818.

Pyrausta phoenicealis Hampson, Fauna Brit. India, Moths 4: 431, 1896.

Talofofo plateau, June 17, reared from leafroller on Elephantopus spicatus, Swezey ; Sasa , June 22, Swezey; Piti , July 13, 28, Oct. 6, Nov. 4, reared from Eleph ~ntopus, and two specimens at light, Swezey; Dandan, July 17, reared from Elephantopus and a weed of the mint family, Swezey. One specimen in Bishop Museum, Fullaway , 1911.

This moth has a very wide distribution: North and South America, West Indies, Africa, India, China, and Australia. Now recorded from Guam for the first time.