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Pyralis

Pyralis is a genus of snout moths and currently contains 87 described species. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

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Pyralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Pyralini
Genus: Pyralis
Linnaeus, [1758]
Synonyms
  • Aletes Rafinesque, 1815
  • Asopia Treitschke, 1828
  • Ceropsina Rafinesque, 1815
  • Sacatia Walker, 1863
  • Spyrella Rafinesque, 1815

Pyralis is a genus of snout moths and currently contains 87 described species.1 It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.23

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References

  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2026). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". Retrieved 2026-05-04.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Pyralis Linnaeus, 1758". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  3. Linnæus, Carl (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I (in Latin) (10 ed.). Holmiæ: Laurentius Salvius. p. 533. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  4. Wikström, Bo; Huemer, Peter; Mutanen, Marko; Tyllinen, Juha; Kaila, Lauri (2020). "Pyralis cardinalis, a charismatic new species related to P. regalis [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, first recognized in Finland (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)". Nota "Lepidopterologica. 43: 337–364. doi:10.3897/nl.43.54916. hdl:10138/321970.
  5. Huemer, Peter; Kaila, Lauri; Segerer, Andreas H. (2026). "Pyralis papaleonei sp. nov. from Crete (Greece) (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 49: 63–74. doi:10.3897/nl.49.185483.