Prorasea simalis

Prorasea simalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Prorasea
Species:	P. simalis
Binomial name
	Prorasea simalis; Grote, 1878

Prorasea simalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, California, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon.[2]

The wingspan is 22 mm for males and 26–29 mm for females. Adults are variable in color, ranging from ocherous to fuscous or blackish. There are indistinct oblique lines on the forewings, flecked with white. The median lines are dark, the subterminal area is fuscous or ocherous and the subterminal shade is white. The hindwings are smoky fuscous, but paler at the base.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from March to August.

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
"801090.00 – 4916 – Prorasea simalis – Grote, 1878". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
Grote, A. R. (1878). "Preliminary studies of the North American Pyralidae". Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 4: 669.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

[2] "801090.00 – 4916 – Prorasea simalis – Grote, 1878". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 9, 2018.

[3] Grote, A. R. (1878). "Preliminary studies of the North American Pyralidae". Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 4: 669.