Pyrausta aerealis

Pyrausta aerealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pyrausta
Species:	P. aerealis
Binomial name
	Pyrausta aerealis; (Hubner, 1793)
Synonyms
	Phalaena Pyralis aerealis Hubner, 1793; Pyrausta aerealis ablutalis Eversmann, 1844; Panstegia aerealis afghanalis Amsel, 1970; Panstegia aerealis bandiamiralis Amsel, 1970; Pyrausta aerealis cinnamomalis (Zerny, 1914); Pyrausta aerealis glaucalis (Zerny, 1914); Pyrausta glaucalis Caradja, 1927; Pyrausta aerealis mauretanica Rebel, 1907; Pyralis aerealis opacalis Hübner, 1813; Phalaena obsoletalis Fabricius, 1794; Phalaena obsoletus Fabricius, 1798; Pyrausta aerealis ab. unicolor Thurner, 1941; Pyrausta aerealis unicolor Rebel, 1917; Pyrausta wockei Rebel, 1902; Scopula suffusalis Treitschke, 1829; Pyrausta meciti Koçak, 1987;

Pyrausta aerealis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1793.¹ It is found in most of Europe (except Portugal, Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Norway, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Hungary).² It has also been recorded from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,³ Afghanistan, China and Algeria.¹

The wingspan is 18–26 mm.

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
Fauna Europaea
BOLD Systems
Savela, Markku. "Pyrausta aerealis (Hübner, 1796)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 19, 2018.