''Prorasea simalis'' is a
moth in the family
Crambidae. It was described by
Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from
Alberta,
California,
Colorado,
Nevada and
Oregon.
The
wingspan is 22 mm for males and 26–29 mm for females. Adults are variable in color, ranging from ocherous to fuscous or blackish. There are indistinct oblique lines on the forewings, flecked with white. The median lines are dark, the subterminal area is fuscous or ocherous and the subterminal shade is white. The hindwings are smoky fuscous, but paler at the base.
[Grote, A. R. (1878)]
"Preliminary studies of the North American Pyralidae"
''Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories''. 4: 669. Adults have been recorded on wing from March to August.
References
Evergestinae
Moths described in 1878
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