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 <small>(Staudinger, 1859)</small>
- Pyrausta acrionalis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Pyrausta acrobasella <small>Rebel, 1915</small>
- Pyrausta adsocialis <small>Zeller, 1852</small>
- Pyrausta aerealis <small>(Hübner, 1793)</small>
- Pyrausta albescens <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta albipedalis <small>(Snellen, 1899)</small>
- Pyrausta albogrisea <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta alexandra <small>Shodotova, 2010</small>
- Pyrausta amatalis <small>Rebel, 1903</small>
- Pyrausta amboinalis <small>(Pagenstecher, 1884)</small>
- Pyrausta amelokalis <small>(Viette, 1958)</small>
- Pyrausta amiculatalis <small>(Berg, 1876)</small>
- Pyrausta anastasia <small>Shodotova, 2010</small>
- Pyrausta andrei <small>Munroe, 1976</small>
- Pyrausta ankaratralis <small>Marion & Viette, 1956</small>
- Pyrausta antisocialis <small>Munroe, 1976</small>
- Pyrausta apicalis <small>(Hampson, 1913)</small>
- Pyrausta approximalis <small>(Guenée, 1854)</small>
- Pyrausta arabica <small>(Butler, 1884)</small>
- Pyrausta arizonicalis <small>Munroe, 1976</small>
- Pyrausta armeniaca <small>Slamka, 2013</small>
- Pyrausta asopialis <small>(Snellen, 1875)</small>
- Pyrausta assutalis <small>(Lederer, 1863)</small>
- Pyrausta atrifusalis <small>Hampson, 1903</small>
- Pyrausta atropurpuralis <small>(Grote, 1877)</small>
- Pyrausta augustalis <small>(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)</small>
- Pyrausta aurata <small>Scopoli, 1763</small>
- Pyrausta aurea <small>(Hampson, 1913)</small>
B-C
- Pyrausta babalis <small>(Amsel, 1970)</small>
- Pyrausta bambucivora <small>(Moore, 1888)</small>
- Pyrausta benenotata <small>(Swinhoe, 1894)</small>
- Pyrausta bicoloralis <small>(Guenée, 1854)</small>
- Pyrausta bicornutalis <small>Amsel, 1956</small>
- Pyrausta bieti <small>Oberthür, 1886</small>
- Pyrausta bilineaterminalis <small>Maes, 2009</small>
- Pyrausta bisignata <small>(Butler, 1889)</small>
- Pyrausta bitincta <small>Meyrick, 1932</small>
- Pyrausta borealis <small>Packard, 1867</small>
- Pyrausta bostralis <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Pyrausta bouveti <small>Viette, 1981</small>
- Pyrausta californicalis <small>(Packard, 1873)</small>
- Pyrausta callidoralis <small>(Oberthür, 1891)</small>
- Pyrausta cardinalis <small>(Guenée, 1854)</small>
- Pyrausta carnifex <small>(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)</small>
- Pyrausta castalis <small>Treitschke, 1829</small>
- Pyrausta centralis <small>Maes, 2009</small>
- Pyrausta childrenalis <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small>
- Pyrausta chilialis <small>(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)</small>
- Pyrausta chrysitis <small>Butler, 1881</small>
- Pyrausta chrysopygalis <small>(Staudinger, 1900)</small>
- Pyrausta chrysoterma <small>Meyrick, 1933</small>
- Pyrausta cingulata <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Pyrausta cinnamomealis <small>(Wallengren, 1860)</small>
- Pyrausta coactalis <small>(Snellen, 1890)</small>
- Pyrausta coccinea <small>Warren, 1892</small>
- Pyrausta coenalis <small>Hampson, 1900</small>
- Pyrausta comastis <small>Meyrick, 1884</small>
- Pyrausta contigualis <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta contristalis <small>Caradja, 1932</small>
- Pyrausta coracinalis <small>Leraut, 1982</small>
- Pyrausta corinthalis <small>Barnes & McDunnough, 1914</small>
- Pyrausta culminivola <small>Caradja, 1939</small>
- Pyrausta curvalis <small>(Leech, 1889)</small>
D-F
- Pyrausta dapalis <small>(Grote, 1881)</small>
- Pyrausta decetialis <small>Druce, 1895</small>
- Pyrausta deidamialis <small>(Druce, 1895)</small>
- Pyrausta delicatalis <small>Caradja, 1916</small>
- Pyrausta demantrialis <small>(Druce, 1895)</small>
- Pyrausta despicata <small>(Scopoli, 1763)</small>
- Pyrausta diatoma <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta diplothaera <small>Meyrick, 1936</small>
- Pyrausta dissimulans <small>Dyar, 1914</small>
- Pyrausta distictalis <small>Hampson, 1918</small>
- Pyrausta draesekei <small>Caradja, 1927</small>
- Pyrausta ecteinalis <small>Hampson, 1900</small>
- Pyrausta elwesi <small>(Staudinger, 1900)</small>
- Pyrausta episcopalis <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)</small>
- Pyrausta euchromistes <small>Dyar, 1918</small>
- Pyrausta euergestalis <small>(Amsel, 1954)</small>
- Pyrausta euprepialis <small>Hampson, 1903</small>
- Pyrausta euralis <small>Hampson, 1903</small>
- Pyrausta euryphaea <small>Meyrick, 1932</small>
- Pyrausta facitalis <small>(Berg, 1875)</small>
- Pyrausta falcatalis <small>Guenée, 1854</small>
- Pyrausta ferrealis <small>(Hampson, 1900)</small>
- Pyrausta ferrifusalis <small>(Hampson, 1893)</small>
- Pyrausta fieldialis <small>(Schaus, 1933)</small>
- Pyrausta flavibrunnea <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta flavibrunnealis <small>Hampson, 1908</small>
- Pyrausta flavicollalis <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta flavidiscata <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta flavimarginalis <small>(Hampson, 1913)</small>
- Pyrausta flavofascialis <small>(Grote, 1882)</small>
- Pyrausta flavipunctalis <small>(Marion, 1954)</small>
- Pyrausta fodinalis <small>(Lederer, 1863)</small>
- Pyrausta fuliginata <small>Yamanaka, 1978</small>
- Pyrausta fulvalis <small>(Dognin, 1908)</small>
- Pyrausta fulvilinealis <small>Hampson, 1918</small>
- Pyrausta fulvitinctalis <small>Hampson, 1918</small>
- Pyrausta furvicoloralis <small>Hampson, 1900</small>
G-K
- Pyrausta gazalis <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta gemmiferalis <small>(Zeller, 1852)</small>
- Pyrausta generosa <small>(Grote & Robinson, 1867)</small>
- Pyrausta genialis <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta gentillalis <small>Schaus, 1940</small>
- Pyrausta germanalis <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)</small>
- Pyrausta gracilalis <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)</small>
- Pyrausta grisealis <small>Maes, 2009</small>
- Pyrausta griseocilialis <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta griseofumalis <small>Hampson, 1900</small>
- Pyrausta griveaudalis <small>Viette, 1978</small>
- Pyrausta grotei <small>(Munroe, 1976)</small>
- Pyrausta haemapastalis <small>Hampson, 1908</small>
- Pyrausta haematidalis <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta hampsoni <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta heliacalis <small>(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)</small>
- Pyrausta heliothidia <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta homonymalis <small>(Walker, 1866)</small>
- Pyrausta ictericalis <small>(Snellen, 1895)</small>
- Pyrausta idonealis <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)</small>
- Pyrausta ignealis <small>(Hampson, 1899)</small>
- Pyrausta ilithucialis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Pyrausta illiberalis <small>(Hübner, 1823)</small>
- Pyrausta infuscalis <small>Hampson, 1918</small>
- Pyrausta inglorialis <small>(Hampson, 1900)</small>
- Pyrausta inornatalis <small>(Fernald, 1885)</small>
- Pyrausta insequalis <small>(Guenée, 1854)</small>
- Pyrausta insignitalis <small>(Guenée, 1854)</small>
- Pyrausta insularis <small>(Grote & Robinson, 1867)</small>
- Pyrausta interfixalis <small>(Walker, 1869)</small>
- Pyrausta internexalis <small>(Dognin, 1905)</small>
- Pyrausta inveterascalis <small>Barnes & McDunnough, 1918</small>
- Pyrausta issykkulensis <small>(Sauber, 1899)</small>
- Pyrausta kandalis <small>Viette, 1989</small>
- Pyrausta klotsi <small>Munroe, 1976</small>
L-N
- Pyrausta lambomakandroalis <small>Viette, 1954</small>
- Pyrausta laresalis <small>Schaus, 1940</small>
- Pyrausta laristanalis <small>Amsel, 1961</small>
- Pyrausta laticlavia <small>(Grote & Robinson, 1867)</small>
- Pyrausta leechi <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta lethalis <small>(Grote, 1881)</small>
- Pyrausta limbata <small>(Butler, 1879)</small>
- Pyrausta limbopunctalis <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1849)</small>
- Pyrausta linealis <small>(Fernald, 1894)</small>
- Pyrausta louvinia <small>Clarke, 1965</small>
- Pyrausta maenialis <small>Oberthür, 1894</small>
- Pyrausta mandarinalis <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta marginepunctalis <small>Gaede, 1916</small>
- Pyrausta melaleucalis <small>(Eversmann, 1852)</small>
- Pyrausta melanocera <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta metasialis <small>Hampson, 1912</small>
- Pyrausta microdontalis <small>Hampson, 1912</small>
- Pyrausta microdontaloides <small>Maes, 2009</small>
- Pyrausta minimalis <small>Hampson, 1903</small>
- Pyrausta mitis <small>(Butler, 1883)</small>
- Pyrausta monosema <small>Hampson, 1912</small>
- Pyrausta morelensis <small>Lopez & Beutelspacher, 1986</small>
- Pyrausta morenalis <small>(Dyar, 1908)</small>
- Pyrausta moupinalis <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta mystica <small>Caradja, 1932</small>
- Pyrausta napaealis <small>(Hulst, 1886)</small>
- Pyrausta nexalis <small>(Hulst, 1886)</small>
- Pyrausta nicalis <small>(Grote, 1878)</small>
- Pyrausta nigrata <small>Scopoli, 1763</small>
- Pyrausta nigrimaculata <small>Y.S. Bae & Y.K. Kim, 2002</small>
- Pyrausta niveicilialis <small>(Grote, 1875)</small>
- Pyrausta noctualis <small>Yamanaka, 1978</small>
- Pyrausta nugalis <small>(Snellen, 1899)</small>
O-P
- Pyrausta oberthuri <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta obfuscata <small>Scopoli, 1763</small>
- Pyrausta obscurior <small>Caradja, 1938</small>
- Pyrausta obstipalis <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta obtusanalis <small>Druce, 1899</small>
- Pyrausta occidentalis <small>(Snellen, 1887)</small>
- Pyrausta ochracealis <small>Walker, 1866</small>
- Pyrausta ochreicostalis <small>Barnes & McDunnough, 1918</small>
- Pyrausta odontogrammalis <small>Caradja, 1925</small>
- Pyrausta oenochrois <small>(Meyrick, 1889)</small>
- Pyrausta omicronalis <small>(Snellen, 1880)</small>
- Pyrausta onythesalis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Pyrausta orphisalis <small>Walker, 1859</small>
- Pyrausta ostrinalis <small>(Hübner, 1796)</small>
- Pyrausta pachyceralis <small>Hampson, 1900</small>
- Pyrausta paghmanalis <small>(Amsel, 1970)</small>
- Pyrausta pastrinalis <small>(Guenée, 1862)</small>
- Pyrausta pauperalis <small>(Staudinger, 1879)</small>
- Pyrausta pavidalis <small>Zerny in Osthelder, 1935</small>
- Pyrausta pectinalis <small>Hampson, 1918</small>
- Pyrausta pellicalis <small>(Staudinger, 1870)</small>
- Pyrausta perkeo <small>Amsel, 1970</small>
- Pyrausta perlalis <small>(Maassen)</small>
- Pyrausta perlelegans <small>Hampson, 1898</small>
- Pyrausta perparvula <small>Maes, 2009</small>
- Pyrausta perrubralis <small>(Packard, 1873)</small>
- Pyrausta persimilis <small>Caradja, 1932</small>
- Pyrausta peyrieralis <small>Viette, 1978</small>
- Pyrausta phaeochysis <small>(Hampson, 1899)</small>
- Pyrausta phaeophoenica <small>Hampson, 1899</small>
- Pyrausta phoenicealis <small>(Hübner, 1818)</small>
- Pyrausta phragmatidalis <small>Hampson, 1908</small>
- Pyrausta pilatealis <small>Barnes & McDunnough, 1914</small>
- Pyrausta pionalis <small>Toll, 1948</small>
- Pyrausta plagalis <small>Haimbach, 1908</small>
- Pyrausta plinthinalis <small>Swinhoe, 1907</small>
- Pyrausta ploimalis <small>Dyar, 1914</small>
- Pyrausta polygamalis <small>(Snellen, 1875)</small>
- Pyrausta porphyralis <small>(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)</small>
- Pyrausta postalbalis <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta postaperta <small>Dyar, 1914</small>
- Pyrausta posticalis <small>Saalmüller, 1880</small>
- Pyrausta prochytalis <small>(Druce, 1895)</small>
- Pyrausta pseuderosnealis <small>Munroe, 1976</small>
- Pyrausta pseudonythesalis <small>Munroe, 1976</small>
- Pyrausta pulchripictalis <small>(Hampson, 1895)</small>
- Pyrausta punctilinealis <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta purpuralis <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Pyrausta purpuraria <small>(Butler, 1883)</small>
- Pyrausta pygmealis <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta pyrocausta <small>Hampson, 1899</small>
- Pyrausta pythialis <small>Barnes & McDunnough, 1918</small>
Q-S
- Pyrausta quadrimaculalis <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta quadrimaculalis <small>(Dognin, 1908)</small>
- Pyrausta rectifascialis <small>(Sauber, 1899)</small>
- Pyrausta retidiscalis <small>Munroe, 1976</small>
- Pyrausta rhipheusalis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Pyrausta rhodoxantha <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta roseivestalis <small>Munroe, 1976</small>
- Pyrausta rubellalis <small>(Snellen, 1890)</small>
- Pyrausta rubescentalis <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta rubralis <small>(Warren, 1896)</small>
- Pyrausta rubricalis <small>Hübner, 1796</small>
- Pyrausta rueckbeili <small>(Sauber, 1899)</small>
- Pyrausta rufalis <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta salvia <small>(Druce, 1895)</small>
- Pyrausta sanguifusalis <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta sanguinalis <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- Pyrausta sarobialis <small>(Amsel, 1970)</small>
- Pyrausta sartoralis <small>Barnes & McDunnough, 1914</small>
- Pyrausta scurralis <small>(Hulst, 1886)</small>
- Pyrausta semirubralis <small>(Packard, 1873)</small>
- Pyrausta sexplagialis <small>Gaede, 1917</small>
- Pyrausta shirleyae <small>Munroe, 1976</small>
- Pyrausta signatalis <small>(Walker, 1866)</small>
- Pyrausta sikkima <small>Moore, 1888</small>
- Pyrausta silhetalis <small>Guenée, 1854</small>
- Pyrausta socialis <small>(Grote, 1877)</small>
- Pyrausta splendida <small>Caradja, 1938</small>
- Pyrausta staiusalis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Pyrausta sthenialis <small>Hampson in Poulton, 1916</small>
- Pyrausta stigmatalis <small>(Sepp, 1855)</small>
- Pyrausta strigatalis <small>Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1937</small>
- Pyrausta suavidalis <small>(Berg, 1899)</small>
- Pyrausta subcrocealis <small>(Snellen, 1880)</small>
- Pyrausta subflavalis <small>(Warren, 1892)</small>
- Pyrausta subfuscalis <small>Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933</small>
- Pyrausta subgenerosa <small>Munroe, 1976</small>
- Pyrausta subinquinalis <small>(Guenée, 1854)</small>
- Pyrausta subsequalis <small>(Guenée, 1854)</small>
- Pyrausta subviolalis <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)</small>
- Pyrausta sumptuosalis <small>Caradja, 1927</small>
- Pyrausta surinamensis <small>(Sepp, 1882)</small>
- Pyrausta syfanialis <small>(Oberthür, 1893)</small>
- Pyrausta syntomidalis <small>(Viette, 1960)</small>
- Pyrausta szetschwanalis <small>Caradja, 1927</small>
T-Z
- Pyrausta tapaishanensis <small>Caradja, 1939</small>
- Pyrausta tatalis <small>(Grote, 1877)</small>
- Pyrausta tenuilinea <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta terminalis <small>Wileman & South, 1917</small>
- Pyrausta tetraplagalis <small>Hampson, 1899</small>
- Pyrausta theialis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Pyrausta thibetalis <small>Oberthür, 1886</small>
- Pyrausta tinctalis <small>Lederer, 1863</small>
- Pyrausta tithonialis <small>(Zeller, 1872)</small>
- Pyrausta tortualis <small>South in Leech & South, 1901</small>
- Pyrausta trimaculalis <small>(Staudinger, 1867)</small>
- Pyrausta triphaenalis <small>(Snellen, 1901)</small>
- Pyrausta tripunctalis <small>Dognin, 1908</small>
- Pyrausta trizonalis <small>Hampson, 1899</small>
- Pyrausta tschelialis <small>Caradja, 1927</small>
- Pyrausta tuolumnalis <small>Barnes & McDunnough, 1918</small>
- Pyrausta tyralis <small>(Guenée, 1854)</small>
- Pyrausta unifascialis <small>(Packard, 1873)</small>
- Pyrausta unipunctata <small>Butler, 1881</small>
- Pyrausta vanalis <small>(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)</small>
- Pyrausta variegalis <small>(Snellen, 1875)</small>
- Pyrausta venilialis <small>(Mabille, 1880)</small>
- Pyrausta vicarialis <small>(Snellen, 1875)</small>
- Pyrausta viola <small>Butler, 1882</small>
- Pyrausta violascens <small>Hampson, 1918</small>
- Pyrausta virginalis <small>Duponchel, 1832</small>
- Pyrausta volupialis <small>(Grote, 1877)</small>
- Pyrausta votanalis <small>Schaus, 1940</small>
- Pyrausta xanthomela <small>(Hampson, 1913)</small>
- Pyrausta zeitunalis <small>Caradja, 1916</small>
- Pyrausta zonalis <small>Barnes & McDunnough, 1918</small>
Former species
The following species were formerly included in this genus:
- Pyrausta atricinctalis <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Pyrausta aurea <small>(Hampson, 1913)</small>
- Pyrausta chrysocarpa <small>Meyrick, 1937</small>
- Pyrausta coccinealis
- Pyrausta delicatalis <small>Caradja, 1916</small>
- Pyrausta eriopisalis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Pyrausta funeralis <small>Zerny, 1914</small>
- Pyrausta incensalis <small>(Lederer, 1863)</small>
- Pyrausta intermedialis <small>Caradja, 1916</small>
- Pyrausta jatrophalis
- Pyrausta julialis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Pyrausta kukunorensis <small>(Sauber, 1899)</small>
- Pyrausta labordalis <small>Viette, 1958</small>
- Pyrausta mahensis <small>T. B. Fletcher, 1910</small>
- Pyrausta meciti <small>Koçak, 1987</small>
- Pyrausta nerialis <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small>
- Pyrausta panopealis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Pyrausta patagoniensis
- Pyrausta procillusalis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Pyrausta pulvereiumbralis <small>Hampson, 1918</small>
- Pyrausta rufilinealis <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Pyrausta semilimbalis <small>Mabille, 1900</small>
- Pyrausta similis <small>(Amsel, 1970)</small>
- Pyrausta suisharyonalis <small>Strand, 1918</small>
- Pyrausta triselena <small>Meyrick, 1937</small>
- Pyrausta xanthothysana <small>Hampson, 1903</small>
Status unclear
- Pyrausta argyralis <small>(O.-G. Costa, 1836)</small>, described as Botys argyralis from Italy.
- Pyrausta venalalis <small>(Hulst, 1886)</small>, described as Botys venalalis from New York.
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