# Pyrausta orphisalis

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{{short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Orange Mint Moth 9297.8.24.07.w.wiki.jpg
| taxon = Pyrausta orphisalis
| authority = [Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)), 1859<ref name="bugguide">{{Cite web|last=McLeod|first=Robin|date=12 January 2005|title=Species Pyrausta orphisalis - Orange Mint Moth - Hodges#5058|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/9724|access-date=2021-04-21|website=Bugguide}}</ref><ref name="natureserve">{{Cite web|title=Pyrausta orphisalis|url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.745757/Pyrausta_orphisalis|access-date=2021-04-21|website=NatureServe Explorer}}</ref>
| synonyms = *''Pyrausta ochosalis'' <small>Dyar, 1903</small>
}}

'''''Pyrausta orphisalis''''', the '''orange mint moth''' or '''orange-spotted pyrausta''', is a species of [moth](/source/moth) of the family [Crambidae](/source/Crambidae). It was described by [Francis Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)) in 1859.<ref name="bugguide" /><ref name="alberta">{{Cite web|last=Bird|first=C. D.|date=2008|title=Pyrausta orphisalis, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum|url=https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-6266|access-date=2021-04-21|website=University of Alberta Museums Search Site}}</ref> It is found in North America from [Newfoundland](/source/Newfoundland_(island)) west to [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), south to [Florida](/source/Florida) and [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico).<ref name="alberta" />

The [wingspan](/source/wingspan) is about 15-17&nbsp;mm.<ref name="bugguide" /><ref name="alberta" /> The moth flies from mid June to late July depending on the location.<ref name="alberta" />

The larvae feed on various mint species, including ''[Monarda](/source/Monarda)''.<ref name="alberta" />

==References==
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orphisalis
Category:Moths of North America
Category:Moths described in 1859
Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)

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