Hyalorista opalizalis is a pyraloid moth in the subfamily Pyraustinae of the family Crambidae. It was described in 1854 by the French entomologist Achille Guenée based on two male and two female adult specimens collected in Brazil.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Hyalorista |
| Species: | H. opalizalis
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In 1995, the species was transferred to its current generic placement in the genus Hyalorista.[3]
Hyalorista opalizalis is found in Honduras and Brazil.[1] The larvae are recorded from two host plant species in the family Lamiaceae: Ocimum basilicum and Origanum majorana.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ^ Guenée, Achille (1854). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des lépidoptères. Tome huitième. Deltoïdes et Pyralites (in French). Vol. 8. Paris: Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 1–448.
- ^ Munroe, Eugene G. (1995). "Crambidae (Crambinae, Schoenobiinae, Cybalomiinae, Linostinae, Glaphyriinae, Dichogaminae, Scopariinae, Musotiminae, Midilinae, Nymphulinae, Odontiinae, Evergestinae, Pyraustinae)". In Heppner, John B. (ed.). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 2. Hyblaeoidea - Pyraloidea - Tortricoidea 3. Gainesville: Association for Tropical Lepidoptera & Scientific Publishers. pp. 34–79. ISBN 0945417322.
- ^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, P. R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, G. W.; Hernández, L. M. (2010). "HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". London: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
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