Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth Pyrausta tyralis (Guenée, 1854)    Synonyms: Hodges #5069.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Crambidae   >   Genus Pyrausta   

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"The only recorded food plant is a species of wild coffee, Psychotria nervosa Sweet, reported (as P. undata, a synonym) by Kimball (1965: 217). As Psychotria is not present in most of its range, tyralis must have other hosts (John Glaser, Micromoths, 2005).

There are 64 records in the project database.

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Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/11/2014). Photo by Mike Burchett. (MBP list)

A Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth in Cecil Co., Maryland (9/3/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. Photo by Shannon Schade. (MBP list)

A Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/31/2017). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/13/2017). Photo by Jeff Schultz. (MBP list)

A Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/6/2007). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

A Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/15/2018). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth in Calvert Co., Maryland (9/8/2019). Photo by Jason Avery. (MBP list)

Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth in Loxahatchee NWR, Florida (12/5/2012). Photo by Judy Gallagher. (MBP list)

Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (9/7/2018). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Judy Gallagher. (MBP list)

A Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/21/2015). Photo by Jonathan Willey. (MBP list)

A Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/7/2019). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth. Photo by John Glaser. (MBP list)


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