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Catalog #:
47552077
Taxon:
Pyrausta tyralis (Guenee)
Family: Crambidae
Family: Crambidae
Determiner: patel_v_904 (2020-05-27T20:42:50Z)
Collector:
patel_v_904
Date: 2020-05-26
Verbatim Date: 2020/05/26 7:21 PM EDT
Locality:
United States, Florida
27.9604833333 -81.9046638889
Occurrence Remarks:
Visual characteristics: The moth is very tiny in size and triangular in shape. Its wings are violet in color and they have strips of orange that range the entire span of the wings. It has a small tan head and antennae. Its scientific name is Pyrausta tyralis. It is in the phylum anthropoda and a key taxonomic characteristic of anthropods is bilateral symmetry as can be observed. Also it is in the class Insecta and a key taxonomic characteristic of insects is that they have antennae and the tan antennae can be observed in the picture. Another characteristic of insects is that they have 3 pairs of legs and the multiple pairs of hairlike thin, tan legs can be observed in the pictures. Habitat: These moths can be found in wetlands, prairies and grasslands. The moth was found on a net screen in a grassland urban environment. References: NatureServe Explorer 2.0, explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1040121/Pyrausta_tyralis. “Species Pyrausta Tyralis - Coffee-Loving Pyrausta Moth - Hodges#5069.” Species Pyrausta Tyralis - Coffee-Loving Pyrausta Moth - Hodges#5069 - BugGuide.Net, bugguide.net/node/view/26387.
Establishment Means:
wild
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Record
Id: fb5c366f-1fcf-4fa5-a5b1-2b9ee2084c77
Occurrence ID (GUID):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47552077
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact:
Ken-ichi Ueda (kueda@inaturalist.org)
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