Pyralidae
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thumb|Sciota uvinella, larva found on sweetgum
OverviewAI-generated
Pyralidae is a family of insects within the order Lepidoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon, whose common names include pyralid moths and Snuitmotten, is classified under the superfamily Pyraloidea. The family was described by Latreille in 1802 and holds an accepted status in taxonomic records.
The family has been documented in various scientific databases, with one source listing 1,233,779 occurrences. Another dataset contains 5,906 records and 1,018 media items, including specimens from Mexico held by the institution FCBA-UCOL. The taxon is referenced by 3,995 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
pyralid moths
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyPyralidae
メイガ科（メイガか、学名: Pyralidae）は、チョウ目に属する昆虫の一分類。 この科に属する昆虫の幼虫は、シンクイムシ（芯喰い虫）と呼ばれ、農業害虫として忌避されている。天然のアワノメイガ（Asian Corn Borer、学名: Ostrinia furnacalis）やハチノスツヅリガ（Honeycomb Moth、学名: Galleria mellonella）、コハチノスツヅリガ（Lesser Wax Moth）の幼虫は、農業害虫だが、釣り餌として養殖されている養殖物は、ホルモン操作によってサナギになることを抑制されているので、逃げ出した個体が成虫になり増えて農業害虫となることはない。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,906
- With media
- 1,018
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Collections
- FCBA-UCOL
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Relationship with humans
- Systematics
- Problematic genera
- References
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thumb|Sciota uvinella, larva found on sweetgum
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera. The latest review by Eugene G. Munroe and Maria Alma Solis retain the Crambidae as a full family of Pyraloidea.
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