Pyrausta obfuscata

Pyrausta obfuscata is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found from Spain to Belgium and from France to the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and Russia.^[1]

Pyrausta obfuscata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pyrausta
Species:	P. obfuscata
Binomial name
Pyrausta obfuscata (Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
Phalaena obfuscata Scopoli, 1763 Phalaena Pyralis rubralis Villers, 1789 Pyrausta atrosanguinalis Eversmann, 1842 Pyrausta fucatalis Treitschke, 1835 Pyrausta pygmaealis Duponchel, 1832 Tinea bimaculosa Fourcroy, 1785

Adults are on wing in July and August in one generation per year. They are active during the daytime on sunny days.^[2]

The larvae feed on Inula conyzae.^[3]