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Pyrausta aurata (Mint moth)

Synonyms: Botys aurata; Phalaena aurata (homotypic); Pyrausta deficiens; Pyrausta porphyralis (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The mint moth (Pyrausta aurata) is a small moth from the family Crambidae. In the UK, it has two broods; in May/June, and July/August. It flies both at day and at night. The purplish-brown wings have a span from 10 to 15 millimetres, and a single golden yellow spot on each overwing and underwing. The moth is very similar to the related Pyrausta purpuralis, a slightly larger moth with a larger number of yellow spots.
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Infraspecies

Pyrausta aurata aurata
Pyrausta aurata inciae
Pyrausta aurata meridionalis

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Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Mentha arvensis (field mint)[1]
Mentha longifolia (bush mint (spearmint))[1]
Mentha suaveolens (apple mint)[1]
Origanum vulgare (oregano)[2]
Satureja hortensis (summer savory)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ecology of Commanster
♦ 2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0