''Hyalorista opalizalis'' is a pyraloid moth in the

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Pyraustinae Pyraustinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,400 species; most of them tropical but some found in temperate regions including both North America and Europe. The P ...

of the family Crambidae. It was described in 1854 by the French

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Achille Guenée based on two male and two female adult specimens collected in Brazil. In 1995, the species was transferred to its current generic placement in the genus ''

Hyalorista ''Hyalorista'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *'' Hyalorista exuvialis'' (Guenée, 1854) *'' Hyalorista imitans'' Warren, 1892 *'' Hyalorista limasalis'' (Walker, 1866) *'' Hyalorista opalizalis'' (Guenée, 1854) *'' Hyal ...

''. ''Hyalorista opalizalis'' is found in

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

and Brazil. The larvae are recorded from two host plant species in the family

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: '' Ocimum basilicum'' and ''

Origanum majorana Marjoram (; ''Origanum majorana'') is a cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours. In some Middle Eastern countries, marjoram is synonymous with oregano, and there the names sweet marjoram and knotted ma ...

''.

References

Moths described in 1854 Pyraustinae {{Pyraustinae-stub