Pyrausta aerealis

Pyrausta aerealis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1793.^[1] It is found in most of Europe (except Portugal, Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Norway, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Hungary).^[2] It has also been recorded from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,^[3] Afghanistan, China and Algeria.^[1]

Pyrausta aerealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pyrausta
Species:	P. aerealis
Binomial name
Pyrausta aerealis (Hubner, 1793)
Synonyms
Phalaena Pyralis aerealis Hubner, 1793 Pyrausta aerealis ablutalis Eversmann, 1844 Panstegia aerealis afghanalis Amsel, 1970 Panstegia aerealis bandiamiralis Amsel, 1970 Pyrausta aerealis cinnamomalis (Zerny, 1914) Pyrausta aerealis glaucalis (Zerny, 1914) Pyrausta glaucalis Caradja, 1927 Pyrausta aerealis mauretanica Rebel, 1907 Pyralis aerealis opacalis Hübner, 1813 Phalaena obsoletalis Fabricius, 1794 Phalaena obsoletus Fabricius, 1798 Pyrausta aerealis ab. unicolor Thurner, 1941 Pyrausta aerealis unicolor Rebel, 1917 Pyrausta wockei Rebel, 1902 Scopula suffusalis Treitschke, 1829 Pyrausta meciti Koçak, 1987

The wingspan is 18–26 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Artemisia vulgaris, Thymus serpyllum, Scrophularia, Gnaphalium, Helichrysum and Thalictrum species.^[4]