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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyPyralidae
Observations recorded50,218

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
178
Family
Pyralidae
Collections
USNM, SAM, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), ANSP, NHMUK, UPS
Recorded in
United States, South Africa, Guyana, Brazil, [Not Stated]

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taxon name
Pyralis
taxon rank
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Category:Pyralis
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Pyralis
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
  • Former species
  • References

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

==Species== Pyralis caustica (Meyrick, 1884) Pyralis costinotalis Hampson, 1917 Pyralis electalis Hulst, 1886 Pyralis farinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Pyralis faviusalis Walker, 1859 Pyralis haematinalis (Saalmüller, 1880) Pyralis joannisi Leraut, 2005 Pyralis kacheticalis (Christoph, 1893) Pyralis laudatella Walker, 1863 Pyralis lienigialis Zeller, 1843 Pyralis manihotalis Guenée, 1854 Pyralis palesalis Walker, 1859 Pyralis perversalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1849 Pyralis pictalis (J. Curtis, 1834) Pyralis regalis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Pyralis subjectalis Walker, 1866 Pyralis transcaspica Rebel, 1903 Pyralis trifascialis Moore, 1877

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