What does pyrausta tithonialis eat?
Its larvae eat the rhizomes and leaves of plants.

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Species of Pyrausta
Straw-barred pearlMint mothMint-loving pyraustaRaspberry pyrausta mothOrange mint mothShasta Pyrausta MothVolupial pyrausta mothCoffee-loving pyrausta mothCommon crimson and goldSouthern purple mint mothInornate pyrausta mothBicolored pyrausta mothPerilla leaf mothVariable reddish pyrausta mothCalifornia pyrausta mothPyrausta groteiPyrausta deductalis
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods

Class
Bugs

Family
Crambid snout moths

Genus
Pyrausta

Species
Pyrausta tithonialis (Pyrausta tithonialis)