Pyralidae genera

Acrobasis is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae.

Pyralis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

Aglossa is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1796. They are found mainly in western Eurasia, though some species have been introduced elsewhere.

thumb|Ephestia kuehniella, larva Ephestia is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Some species are significant pests of dry plant produce, such as seeds and cereals. Best known among these are probably the cacao moth (E. elutella) and the Mediterranean flour moth (E. kuehniella).

Cadra is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. The genus Ephestia is closely related to Cadra and might be its senior synonym. Several of these moths are variously assigned to one or the other genus, in particular in non-entomological sources. Cadra and Ephestia belong to the huge snout moth subfamily Phycitinae, and therein to the tribe Phycitini.

Assara is a genus of small moths belonging to the snout moth family (Pyralidae). They are part of the tribe Phycitini within the huge snout moth subfamily Phycitinae.

Endotricha is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847.

Bazaria is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887 and is known from China, Turkmenistan, and Spain.

Bahiria is a genus of snout moths. It was erected by Boris Balinsky in 1994.

Ocrasa is a genus of moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. The genus is mostly treated as a synonym of Hypsopygia. If considered valid, the genus includes many species which were formerly included in Herculia. In addition, the proposed genus Orthopygia, which some authors consider a separate (and sometimes monotypic) lineage is here merged with Ocrasa. The latter two genera are also mostly merged with Hypsopygia however.

Hypotia is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847.

Teliphasa is a genus of snout moths. It was erected by Frederic Moore in 1888.

Hypsopygia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Though fairly small, they are large among their relatives. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.

Cryptoblabes is a genus of small moths belonging to the snout moth family (Pyralidae). They are the type genus of the Cryptoblabini tribe of the huge snout moth subfamily Phycitinae. At least one representative of this genus nowadays occurs in many parts of the world, though this is the result of accidental introductions by humans; most species of Cryptoblabes are fairly restricted in range.

Ancylosis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839, and is known from South Africa, Uzbekistan, Spain, Turkmenistan, Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia, Russia, Israel, Palestine, Greece, Australia, Seychelles, Afghanistan, the United States, Iraq, Namibia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Mauritius, Mozambique, Lebanon, Argentina, Sri Lanka, and Yemen.

Dioryctria is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846.

Accinctapubes is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Epipaschiinae. It was described by Maria Alma Solis in 1993 and it is known from Costa Rica and Paraguay.

Lepidogma is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890.

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Stericta is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1863.

Christophia is a genus of snout moths. It was erected by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887 and is known from Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.

Hypsipyla is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888.

Glyptoteles is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Pyralidae. Its single species, described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848, Glyptoteles leucacrinella, is found in most of Europe except Great Britain, Ireland, Fennoscandia, Portugal and most of the Balkan Peninsula.

Eldana is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae containing only one species, the African sugar-cane borer (Eldana saccharina), which is commonly found in Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and South Africa. Adults have a wingspan of 35mm. This species is particularly relevant to humans because the larvae are a pest of the Saccharum species as well as several grain crops such as sorghum and maize. Other recorded host plants are cassava, rice and Cyperus species. When attacking these crops, E. saccharina bores into the stems of their host plant, causing severe damage to the cr

Aurana is a genus of snout moths. It was erected by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from Japan and Australia.

Jocara is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.

Orybina is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Snellen in 1895.

Gymnancyla is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848.

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Myelopsis is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. It is sometimes included in the genus Episcythrastis.

thumb|Orthaga thyrisalis Orthaga is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859.

Euzopherodes is a genus of snout moths. It was described by George Hampson in 1899.

Etiella is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839.

Aphomia is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Some breed in the nests of Anthophila (bees and bumblebees), where their caterpillars are parasitic feeders of wax, honey and pollen.

Epilepia is a genus of snout moths (family Pyralidae). It was described by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1931.

Emmalocera is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888.

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Anonaepestis is a genus of snout moths. It was erected by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1894.

Ancylodes is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887, and is known from Spain, Libya, Iraq, Sri Lanka, as well as Australia.

Achroia is a genus of small moths of the snout moth family (Pyralidae). It belongs to the tribe Galleriini of subfamily Galleriinae.

Asalebria is a genus of snout moths. It was erected by Hans Georg Amsel in 1953 and is known from Spain and Russia.

Synaphe is a genus of snout moths described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.

Plodia is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Phycitinae of the family Pyralidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1845.

Barbifrontia is a monotypic snout moth genus. It was described by George Hampson in 1901 and contains the species Barbifrontia hemileucella, described in the same publication. It is found in Australia.

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Coenodomus is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Walsingham in 1888, and is known from India, Papua New Guinea, Bhutan, the Philippines, the United States, Indonesia, China, and Sri Lanka.

Merulempista is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Rolf-Ulrich Roesler in 1967.

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Locastra is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859.

Mussidia is a genus of snout moths described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888.

Lacalma is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1931.

Oncocera is a genus of snout moths. It was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829.

Hypsotropa is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848. The type species is Hypsotropa limbella.

Metallostichodes is a genus of snout moths.

Cactoblastis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1901 and is known from Argentina, Peru, and Brazil.

Indomalayia is a monotypic genus of snout moths that was first described by Rolf-Ulrich Roesler and Peter Victor Küppers in 1979. Its sole species is Indomalayia flabellifera, originally described by George Hampson in 1896 as Spatulipalpia flabellifera, which is found in India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Fergusson Island and Australia.

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Epicrocis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848.