Pyrausta scurralis

Pyrausta scurralis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was first observed and described by George Duryea Hulst in 1886.^[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded/reported in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan to the US states, California, Arizona, and New Mexico and in Mexico.^[2]

Pyrausta scurralis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pyrausta
Species:	P. scurralis
Binomial name
Pyrausta scurralis (Hulst, 1886)
Synonyms
Botis scurralis Hulst, 1886 Pyrausta postrubralis Hampson, 1899

The wingspan of this moth is about 23 mm.

The larvae possibly feed on a Labiatae species.^[3]

Subspecies

• Pyrausta scurralis scurralis
• Pyrausta scurralis awemealis Munroe, 1976 (Manitoba, Saskatchewan)