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Pyralis

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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.[2][3]

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References

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  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.