Pyrausta signatalis
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| taxon = Pyrausta signatalis
| authority = (Walker, 1866)
| synonyms =
- Rhodaria signatalis Walker, 1866
- Botys (Rhodaria) vinulenta Grote & Robinson, 1867
- Botys medullalis Snellen, 1899
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Pyrausta signatalis, the raspberry pyrausta moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866.{{cite web |last=Nuss |first=M. |display-authors=etal |date=2003–2014 |url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx |title=GlobIZ search |website=Global Information System on Pyraloidea |accessdate=2014-07-15}}
Range
It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia to Ontario, south to North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Arizona.[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5038 Moth Photographers Group]. Mississippi State University. The habitat consists of aspen parkland and grasslands.
== Behavior ==
The larvae feed on Monarda species,{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/pyraustinae/pyrausta/#signatalis |title=Pyrausta signatalis (Walker, [1866]) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 31, 2018}} including Monarda fistulosa.
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Category:Moths described in 1866
Category:Moths of North America
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