# Pyrausta (moth)

Pyrausta is a speciose genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802.
* A
* B-C
* D-F
* G-K
* L-N
* O-P
* Q-S
* T-Z
* Former species
* Status unclear
* References

## Species

The genus includes the following species:

### A

* Pyrausta acontialis (Staudinger, 1859)
* Pyrausta acrionalis (Walker, 1859)
* Pyrausta acrobasella Rebel, 1915
* Pyrausta adsocialis Zeller, 1852
* Pyrausta aerealis (Hübner, 1793)
* Pyrausta albescens Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta albipedalis (Snellen, 1899)
* Pyrausta albogrisea Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta alexandra Shodotova, 2010
* Pyrausta amatalis Rebel, 1903
* Pyrausta amboinalis (Pagenstecher, 1884)
* Pyrausta amelokalis (Viette, 1958)
* Pyrausta amiculatalis (Berg, 1876)
* Pyrausta anastasia Shodotova, 2010
* Pyrausta andrei Munroe, 1976
* Pyrausta ankaratralis Marion & Viette, 1956
* Pyrausta antisocialis Munroe, 1976
* Pyrausta apicalis (Hampson, 1913)
* Pyrausta approximalis (Guenée, 1854)
* Pyrausta arabica (Butler, 1884)
* Pyrausta arizonicalis Munroe, 1976
* Pyrausta armeniaca Slamka, 2013
* Pyrausta asopialis (Snellen, 1875)
* Pyrausta assutalis (Lederer, 1863)
* Pyrausta atrifusalis Hampson, 1903
* Pyrausta atropurpuralis (Grote, 1877)
* Pyrausta augustalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
* Pyrausta aurata Scopoli, 1763
* Pyrausta aurea (Hampson, 1913)

### B-C

* Pyrausta babalis (Amsel, 1970)
* Pyrausta bambucivora (Moore, 1888)
* Pyrausta benenotata (Swinhoe, 1894)
* Pyrausta bicoloralis (Guenée, 1854)
* Pyrausta bicornutalis Amsel, 1956
* Pyrausta bieti Oberthür, 1886
* Pyrausta bilineaterminalis Maes, 2009
* Pyrausta bisignata (Butler, 1889)
* Pyrausta bitincta Meyrick, 1932
* Pyrausta borealis Packard, 1867
* Pyrausta bostralis (Hampson, 1919)
* Pyrausta bouveti Viette, 1981
* Pyrausta californicalis (Packard, 1873)
* Pyrausta callidoralis (Oberthür, 1891)
* Pyrausta cardinalis (Guenée, 1854)
* Pyrausta carnifex (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
* Pyrausta castalis Treitschke, 1829
* Pyrausta centralis Maes, 2009
* Pyrausta childrenalis (Boisduval, 1833)
* Pyrausta chilialis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
* Pyrausta chrysitis Butler, 1881
* Pyrausta chrysopygalis (Staudinger, 1900)
* Pyrausta chrysoterma Meyrick, 1933
* Pyrausta cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pyrausta cinnamomealis (Wallengren, 1860)
* Pyrausta coactalis (Snellen, 1890)
* Pyrausta coccinea Warren, 1892
* Pyrausta coenalis Hampson, 1900
* Pyrausta comastis Meyrick, 1884
* Pyrausta contigualis South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta contristalis Caradja, 1932
* Pyrausta coracinalis Leraut, 1982
* Pyrausta corinthalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
* Pyrausta culminivola Caradja, 1939
* Pyrausta curvalis (Leech, 1889)

### D-F

* Pyrausta dapalis (Grote, 1881)
* Pyrausta decetialis Druce, 1895
* Pyrausta deidamialis (Druce, 1895)
* Pyrausta delicatalis Caradja, 1916
* Pyrausta demantrialis (Druce, 1895)
* Pyrausta despicata (Scopoli, 1763)
* Pyrausta diatoma Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta diplothaera Meyrick, 1936
* Pyrausta dissimulans Dyar, 1914
* Pyrausta distictalis Hampson, 1918
* Pyrausta draesekei Caradja, 1927
* Pyrausta ecteinalis Hampson, 1900
* Pyrausta elwesi (Staudinger, 1900)
* Pyrausta episcopalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
* Pyrausta euchromistes Dyar, 1918
* Pyrausta euergestalis (Amsel, 1954)
* Pyrausta euprepialis Hampson, 1903
* Pyrausta euralis Hampson, 1903
* Pyrausta euryphaea Meyrick, 1932
* Pyrausta facitalis (Berg, 1875)
* Pyrausta falcatalis Guenée, 1854
* Pyrausta ferrealis (Hampson, 1900)
* Pyrausta ferrifusalis (Hampson, 1893)
* Pyrausta fieldialis (Schaus, 1933)
* Pyrausta flavibrunnea Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta flavibrunnealis Hampson, 1908
* Pyrausta flavicollalis Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta flavidiscata Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta flavimarginalis (Hampson, 1913)
* Pyrausta flavofascialis (Grote, 1882)
* Pyrausta flavipunctalis (Marion, 1954)
* Pyrausta fodinalis (Lederer, 1863)
* Pyrausta fuliginata Yamanaka, 1978
* Pyrausta fulvalis (Dognin, 1908)
* Pyrausta fulvilinealis Hampson, 1918
* Pyrausta fulvitinctalis Hampson, 1918
* Pyrausta furvicoloralis Hampson, 1900

### G-K

* Pyrausta gazalis Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta gemmiferalis (Zeller, 1852)
* Pyrausta generosa (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
* Pyrausta genialis South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta gentillalis Schaus, 1940
* Pyrausta germanalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
* Pyrausta gracilalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
* Pyrausta grisealis Maes, 2009
* Pyrausta griseocilialis South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta griseofumalis Hampson, 1900
* Pyrausta griveaudalis Viette, 1978
* Pyrausta grotei (Munroe, 1976)
* Pyrausta haemapastalis Hampson, 1908
* Pyrausta haematidalis Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta hampsoni South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta heliacalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
* Pyrausta heliothidia Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta homonymalis (Walker, 1866)
* Pyrausta ictericalis (Snellen, 1895)
* Pyrausta idonealis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
* Pyrausta ignealis (Hampson, 1899)
* Pyrausta ilithucialis (Walker, 1859)
* Pyrausta illiberalis (Hübner, 1823)
* Pyrausta infuscalis Hampson, 1918
* Pyrausta inglorialis (Hampson, 1900)
* Pyrausta inornatalis (Fernald, 1885)
* Pyrausta insequalis (Guenée, 1854)
* Pyrausta insignitalis (Guenée, 1854)
* Pyrausta insularis (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
* Pyrausta interfixalis (Walker, 1869)
* Pyrausta internexalis (Dognin, 1905)
* Pyrausta inveterascalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
* Pyrausta issykkulensis (Sauber, 1899)
* Pyrausta kandalis Viette, 1989
* Pyrausta klotsi Munroe, 1976

### L-N

* Pyrausta lambomakandroalis Viette, 1954
* Pyrausta laresalis Schaus, 1940
* Pyrausta laristanalis Amsel, 1961
* Pyrausta laticlavia (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
* Pyrausta leechi South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta lethalis (Grote, 1881)
* Pyrausta limbata (Butler, 1879)
* Pyrausta limbopunctalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1849)
* Pyrausta linealis (Fernald, 1894)
* Pyrausta louvinia Clarke, 1965
* Pyrausta maenialis Oberthür, 1894
* Pyrausta mandarinalis South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta marginepunctalis Gaede, 1916
* Pyrausta melaleucalis (Eversmann, 1852)
* Pyrausta melanocera Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta metasialis Hampson, 1912
* Pyrausta microdontalis Hampson, 1912
* Pyrausta microdontaloides Maes, 2009
* Pyrausta minimalis Hampson, 1903
* Pyrausta mitis (Butler, 1883)
* Pyrausta monosema Hampson, 1912
* Pyrausta morelensis Lopez & Beutelspacher, 1986
* Pyrausta morenalis (Dyar, 1908)
* Pyrausta moupinalis South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta mystica Caradja, 1932
* Pyrausta napaealis (Hulst, 1886)
* Pyrausta nexalis (Hulst, 1886)
* Pyrausta nicalis (Grote, 1878)
* Pyrausta nigrata Scopoli, 1763
* Pyrausta nigrimaculata Y.S. Bae & Y.K. Kim, 2002
* Pyrausta niveicilialis (Grote, 1875)
* Pyrausta noctualis Yamanaka, 1978
* Pyrausta nugalis (Snellen, 1899)

### O-P

* Pyrausta oberthuri South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta obfuscata Scopoli, 1763
* Pyrausta obscurior Caradja, 1938
* Pyrausta obstipalis South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta obtusanalis Druce, 1899
* Pyrausta occidentalis (Snellen, 1887)
* Pyrausta ochracealis Walker, 1866
* Pyrausta ochreicostalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
* Pyrausta odontogrammalis Caradja, 1925
* Pyrausta oenochrois (Meyrick, 1889)
* Pyrausta omicronalis (Snellen, 1880)
* Pyrausta onythesalis (Walker, 1859)
* Pyrausta orphisalis Walker, 1859
* Pyrausta ostrinalis (Hübner, 1796)
* Pyrausta pachyceralis Hampson, 1900
* Pyrausta paghmanalis (Amsel, 1970)
* Pyrausta pastrinalis (Guenée, 1862)
* Pyrausta pauperalis (Staudinger, 1879)
* Pyrausta pavidalis Zerny in Osthelder, 1935
* Pyrausta pectinalis Hampson, 1918
* Pyrausta pellicalis (Staudinger, 1870)
* Pyrausta perkeo Amsel, 1970
* Pyrausta perlalis (Maassen)
* Pyrausta perlelegans Hampson, 1898
* Pyrausta perparvula Maes, 2009
* Pyrausta perrubralis (Packard, 1873)
* Pyrausta persimilis Caradja, 1932
* Pyrausta peyrieralis Viette, 1978
* Pyrausta phaeochysis (Hampson, 1899)
* Pyrausta phaeophoenica Hampson, 1899
* Pyrausta phoenicealis (Hübner, 1818)
* Pyrausta phragmatidalis Hampson, 1908
* Pyrausta pilatealis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
* Pyrausta pionalis Toll, 1948
* Pyrausta plagalis Haimbach, 1908
* Pyrausta plinthinalis Swinhoe, 1907
* Pyrausta ploimalis Dyar, 1914
* Pyrausta polygamalis (Snellen, 1875)
* Pyrausta porphyralis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* Pyrausta postalbalis South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta postaperta Dyar, 1914
* Pyrausta posticalis Saalmüller, 1880
* Pyrausta prochytalis (Druce, 1895)
* Pyrausta pseuderosnealis Munroe, 1976
* Pyrausta pseudonythesalis Munroe, 1976
* Pyrausta pulchripictalis (Hampson, 1895)
* Pyrausta punctilinealis South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta purpuralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pyrausta purpuraria (Butler, 1883)
* Pyrausta pygmealis South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta pyrocausta Hampson, 1899
* Pyrausta pythialis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

### Q-S

* Pyrausta quadrimaculalis South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta quadrimaculalis (Dognin, 1908)
* Pyrausta rectifascialis (Sauber, 1899)
* Pyrausta retidiscalis Munroe, 1976
* Pyrausta rhipheusalis (Walker, 1859)
* Pyrausta rhodoxantha Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta roseivestalis Munroe, 1976
* Pyrausta rubellalis (Snellen, 1890)
* Pyrausta rubescentalis Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta rubralis (Warren, 1896)
* Pyrausta rubricalis Hübner, 1796
* Pyrausta rueckbeili (Sauber, 1899)
* Pyrausta rufalis South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta salvia (Druce, 1895)
* Pyrausta sanguifusalis Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta sanguinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Pyrausta sarobialis (Amsel, 1970)
* Pyrausta sartoralis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
* Pyrausta scurralis (Hulst, 1886)
* Pyrausta semirubralis (Packard, 1873)
* Pyrausta sexplagialis Gaede, 1917
* Pyrausta shirleyae Munroe, 1976
* Pyrausta signatalis (Walker, 1866)
* Pyrausta sikkima Moore, 1888
* Pyrausta silhetalis Guenée, 1854
* Pyrausta socialis (Grote, 1877)
* Pyrausta splendida Caradja, 1938
* Pyrausta staiusalis (Walker, 1859)
* Pyrausta sthenialis Hampson in Poulton, 1916
* Pyrausta stigmatalis (Sepp, 1855)
* Pyrausta strigatalis Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1937
* Pyrausta suavidalis (Berg, 1899)
* Pyrausta subcrocealis (Snellen, 1880)
* Pyrausta subflavalis (Warren, 1892)
* Pyrausta subfuscalis Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933
* Pyrausta subgenerosa Munroe, 1976
* Pyrausta subinquinalis (Guenée, 1854)
* Pyrausta subsequalis (Guenée, 1854)
* Pyrausta subviolalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
* Pyrausta sumptuosalis Caradja, 1927
* Pyrausta surinamensis (Sepp, 1882)
* Pyrausta syfanialis (Oberthür, 1893)
* Pyrausta syntomidalis (Viette, 1960)
* Pyrausta szetschwanalis Caradja, 1927

### T-Z

* Pyrausta tapaishanensis Caradja, 1939
* Pyrausta tatalis (Grote, 1877)
* Pyrausta tenuilinea Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta terminalis Wileman & South, 1917
* Pyrausta tetraplagalis Hampson, 1899
* Pyrausta theialis (Walker, 1859)
* Pyrausta thibetalis Oberthür, 1886
* Pyrausta tinctalis Lederer, 1863
* Pyrausta tithonialis (Zeller, 1872)
* Pyrausta tortualis South in Leech & South, 1901
* Pyrausta trimaculalis (Staudinger, 1867)
* Pyrausta triphaenalis (Snellen, 1901)
* Pyrausta tripunctalis Dognin, 1908
* Pyrausta trizonalis Hampson, 1899
* Pyrausta tschelialis Caradja, 1927
* Pyrausta tuolumnalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
* Pyrausta tyralis (Guenée, 1854)
* Pyrausta unifascialis (Packard, 1873)
* Pyrausta unipunctata Butler, 1881
* Pyrausta vanalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
* Pyrausta variegalis (Snellen, 1875)
* Pyrausta venilialis (Mabille, 1880)
* Pyrausta vicarialis (Snellen, 1875)
* Pyrausta viola Butler, 1882
* Pyrausta violascens Hampson, 1918
* Pyrausta virginalis Duponchel, 1832
* Pyrausta volupialis (Grote, 1877)
* Pyrausta votanalis Schaus, 1940
* Pyrausta xanthomela (Hampson, 1913)
* Pyrausta zeitunalis Caradja, 1916
* Pyrausta zonalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

## Former species

The following species were formerly included in this genus:
* Pyrausta atricinctalis Hampson, 1913
* Pyrausta aurea (Hampson, 1913)
* Pyrausta chrysocarpa Meyrick, 1937
* Pyrausta coccinealis
* Pyrausta delicatalis Caradja, 1916
* Pyrausta eriopisalis (Walker, 1859)
* Pyrausta funeralis Zerny, 1914
* Pyrausta incensalis (Lederer, 1863)
* Pyrausta intermedialis Caradja, 1916
* Pyrausta jatrophalis
* Pyrausta julialis (Walker, 1859)
* Pyrausta kukunorensis (Sauber, 1899)
* Pyrausta labordalis Viette, 1958
* Pyrausta mahensis T. B. Fletcher, 1910
* Pyrausta meciti Koçak, 1987
* Pyrausta nerialis (Boisduval, 1833)
* Pyrausta panopealis (Walker, 1859)
* Pyrausta patagoniensis
* Pyrausta procillusalis (Walker, 1859)
* Pyrausta pulvereiumbralis Hampson, 1918
* Pyrausta rufilinealis Hampson, 1910
* Pyrausta semilimbalis Mabille, 1900
* Pyrausta similis (Amsel, 1970)
* Pyrausta suisharyonalis Strand, 1918
* Pyrausta triselena Meyrick, 1937
* Pyrausta xanthothysana Hampson, 1903

## Status unclear

* Pyrausta argyralis (O.-G. Costa, 1836), described as Botys argyralis from Italy.
* Pyrausta venalalis (Hulst, 1886), described as Botys venalalis from New York.