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Mottled and Straw-barred Pearls and Allies
Pyrausta cespitalis
Pyrausta despicata, the straw-barred pearl, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica.
3 branches of this group, most-observed first

Straw-barred Pearl
speciesPyrausta despicata

Mottled Pyrausta Moth
speciesPyrausta subsequalis

Northern Pyrausta Moth
speciesPyrausta borealis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 1305339.