Shasta Pyrausta

Pyrausta perrubralis · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Crambidae

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Shasta Pyrausta
Photo: Laura Gaudette, CC BY

How to recognize it

The forewings are deep ochre-yellow with bright red scales. The hindwings are whitish and bear a small black spot near the center.

Source: Wikipedia

When you see it

Adults have been observed on the wing from April through October.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 5 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Shasta Pyrausta photo 2
Photo: Wendy McCrady, CC BY
Shasta Pyrausta photo 3
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Shasta Pyrausta photo 4
Photo: Laura Gaudette, CC BY
Shasta Pyrausta photo 5
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY

Same family (Crambidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrausta_perrubralis

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.

How this page works

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