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Generous and Orange Mint Moths and Allies
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Generous and Orange Mint Moths and Allies

Pyrausta aurata

The mint moth (Pyrausta aurata) is a small moth from the family Crambidae, also known by the common name Small Purple and Gold.

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9 branches of this group, most-observed first

Mint Moth

speciesPyrausta aurata

Common Crimson-and-gold Moth

speciesPyrausta purpuralis

Orange Mint Moth

speciesPyrausta orphisalis

Scarce Purple and Gold

speciesPyrausta ostrinalis

Generous Pyrausta Moth

speciesPyrausta generosa

Pyrausta homonymalis

speciesPyrausta homonymalis

Pyrausta porphyralis

speciesPyrausta porphyralis

Pyrausta tuolumnalis

speciesPyrausta tuolumnalis

Pyrausta subgenerosa

speciesPyrausta subgenerosa

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1305337.