Pyrausta merrickalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 is a animal in the Crambidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pyrausta merrickalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

Pyrausta merrickalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

Loxostegopsis merrickalis, Merrick's pyralid moth, is a Crambidae moth found across much of North America.

Family
Genus
Pyrausta
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Pyrausta merrickalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

Loxostegopsis merrickalis, commonly called Merrick's pyralid moth, is a moth species that belongs to the family Crambidae. This species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918. It is native to North America, and its recorded distribution there includes Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Crambidae Pyrausta

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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