Pyrausta

:"For the genus of crambid moths (such as the Mint moth), see "Pyraustinae.

Pyrausta (also called pyrallis, pyragones) is a mythological insect-sized dragon from Cyprus. It resembles a four-legged insect with filmy wings and a dragon's head. It lived in the fire like a salamander and died if it went away from the fire.

ee also

*Salamander (legendary creature)
*Dragons in Greek mythology

References

*Shuker, Karl. (1995). "Dragons: A Natural History" Aurum Press
* The Natural History of Pliny the Elder, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plin.+Nat.+11.42 Book 11, Chapter 42]