Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agrotidae, and Pyralidae of Guam
Author
Swezey, O. H.
Experiment Station Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu
text
1946
1942-12-20
Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189
Honolulu, Hawaii
Insects of Guam II
163
185
book chapter
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41.
Pyrausta phoenicealis (Hubner)
.
Pyralis phoenicealis
Hiibner
,
Zutr. Samml. Ex. Schm.
1:
22
, figs. 115, 116,
1818
.
Pyrausta phoenicealis
Hampson
,
Fauna Brit.
<collectingCountry box="[1316,1411,2096,2138]" name="India" pageId="21" pageNumber="184">India</collectingCountry>
, Moths
4
:
431
,
1896
.
Talofofo plateau, June 17, reared from leafroller on
Elephantopus spicatus,
Swezey
;
Sasa, June 22, Swezey; Piti, July 13, 28, Oct. 6, Nov. 4, reared from
Eleph~ntopus,
and
two specimens
at light, Swezey; Dandan, July 17, reared from
Elephantopus
and a weed of the mint family, Swezey. One specimen in Bishop Museum, Fullaway, 1911.
This moth has a very wide distribution: North and South America, West Indies, Africa,
India
,
China
, and
Australia
. Now recorded from
Guam
for the first time.