Family Pyralidae - Pyralid Moths

Classification · Other Common Names · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Internet References

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea

Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Other Common Names

Snout moths

Pronunciation

PYE-RAL-ee-dee

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

BugGuide currently follows the classification shown at All-Leps (See discussion here). Jean-Francois Landry and Don Lafontaine of Agriculture Canada, and John Burns and Scott Miller of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History are curators of the list, with assistance from others named at the bottom of this page. The classification of moths is continuously under study, and further changes are inevitable.

Size

small to medium-size: wingspan usually between 9 and 37 mm

Range

cosmopolitan

Internet References

taxonomic classification including subfamilies and worldwide species numbers (Brian Pitkin, Butterflies & Moths of the World)

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Randy Hardy
Last updated 23 January, 2012 - 5:28pm

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