Pyrausta is a speciose genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. Species The genus includes the following species: A Pyrausta acontialis (Staudinger, 1859) Pyrausta acrionalis (Walker, 1859) Pyrausta acrobasella Rebel, 1915 Pyrausta adsocialis Zeller, 1852 Pyrausta aerealis (Hübner, 1793) Pyrausta albescens Hampson, 1913 Pyrausta albipedalis (Snellen, 1899) Pyrausta albogrisea Hampson, 1913 Pyrausta alexandra Shodotova, 2010 Pyrausta amatalis Rebel, 1903 Pyrausta amboinalis (Pagenstecher, 1884) Pyrausta amelokalis (Viette, 1958) Pyrausta amiculatalis (Berg, 1876) Pyrausta anastasia Shodotova, 2010 Pyrausta andrei Munroe, 1976 Pyrausta ankaratralis Marion & Viette, 1956 Pyrausta antisocialis Munroe, 1976 Pyrausta apicalis (Hampson, 1913) Pyrausta approximalis (Guenée, 1854) Pyrausta arabica (Butler, 1884) Pyrausta arizonicalis Munroe, 1976 Pyrausta armeniaca Slamka, 2013 Pyrausta asopialis (Snellen, 1875) Pyrausta assutalis (Lederer, 1863) Pyrausta atrifusalis Hampson, 1903 Pyrausta atropurpuralis (Grote, 1877) Pyrausta augustalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Pyrausta aurata Scopoli, 1763 Pyrausta aurea (Hampson, 1913) B-C Pyrausta babalis (Amsel, 1970) Pyrausta bambucivora (Moore, 1888) Pyrausta benenotata (Swinhoe, 1894) Pyrausta bicoloralis (Guenée, 1854) Pyrausta bicornutalis Amsel, 1956 Pyrausta bieti Oberthür, 1886 Pyrausta bilineaterminalis Maes, 2009 Pyrausta bisignata (Butler, 1889) Pyrausta bitincta Meyrick, 1932 Pyrausta borealis Packard, 1867 Pyrausta bostralis (Hampson, 1919) Pyrausta bouveti Viette, 1981 Pyrausta californicalis (Packard, 1873) Pyrausta callidoralis (Oberthür, 1891) Pyrausta cardinalis (Guenée, 1854) Pyrausta carnifex (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Pyrausta castalis Treitschke, 1829 Pyrausta centralis Maes, 2009 Pyrausta childrenalis (Boisduval, 1833) Pyrausta chilialis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Pyrausta chrysitis Butler, 1881 Pyrausta chrysopygalis (Staudinger, 1900) Pyrausta chrysoterma Meyrick, 1933 Pyrausta cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758) Pyrausta cinnamomealis (Wallengren, 1860) Pyrausta coactalis (Snellen, 1890) Pyrausta coccinea Warren, 1892 Pyrausta coenalis Hampson, 1900 Pyrausta comastis Meyrick, 1884 Pyrausta contigualis South in Leech & South, 1901 Pyrausta contristalis Caradja, 1932 Pyrausta coracinalis Leraut, 1982 Pyrausta corinthalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914 Pyrausta culminivola Caradja, 1939 Pyrausta curvalis (Leech, 1889) D-F Pyrausta dapalis (Grote, 1881) Pyrausta decetialis Druce, 1895 Pyrausta deidamialis (Druce, 1895) Pyrausta delicatalis Caradja, 1916 Pyrausta demantrialis (Druce, 1895) Pyrausta despicata (Scopoli, 1763) Pyrausta diatoma Hampson, 1913 Pyrausta diplothaera Meyrick, 1936 Pyrausta dissimulans Dyar, 1914 Pyrausta distictalis Hampson, 1918 Pyrausta draesekei Caradja, 1927 Pyrausta ecteinalis Hampson, 1900 Pyrausta elwesi (Staudinger, 1900) Pyrausta episcopalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871) Pyrausta euchromistes Dyar, 1918 Pyrausta euergestalis (Amsel, 1954) Pyrausta euprepialis Hampson, 1903 Pyrausta euralis Hampson, 1903 Pyrausta euryphaea Meyrick, 1932 Pyrausta facitalis (Berg, 1875) Pyrausta falcatalis Guenée, 1854 Pyrausta ferrealis (Hampson, 1900) Pyrausta