Pyrausta scurralis Hulst 1886

Rare. Known from only one location in Alberta.

Munroe (1976) reported the subspecies awemealis from southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Type Locality is Aweme, Manitoba. Not reported for Alberta by Bowman (1951). Known on the basis of six specimens collected on three separate nights in Aspen Parkland in the Buffalo Lake Conservation Area, north of Stettler.

A smaller moth with a wingspan around 23 mm. The ground color of the upperside of both fore and hind wings is pale yellowish white, being somewhat more yellowish in the upper part of the forewings. A pink Y is present in the outer half of the forewings, somewhat similar to the darker, purplish Y overlaid with lead colored scales that is present in Choristostigma plumbosignalis. The ground color of the fore wings in the latter is sulphur yellow, not pale yellowish white. Pyrausta scurralis was described by Hulst (1886) from Arizona and New Mexico material. The upper side of the hind wings have a wide light brown band near the margin.

"Undisturbed, shrubby Aspen Parkland areas in association with aspen, silverwillow and buckbrush"

Early stages unknown. Adults come to light.

Unknown. The larvae may feed on a member of the Mint Family (Labiatae).

Pyrausta scurralis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was first observed and described by George Duryea Hulst in 1886. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded/reported in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan to the US states, California, Arizona, and New Mexico and in Mexico.

The wingspan of this moth is about 23 mm.

The larvae possibly feed on a Labiatae species.