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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Pyraloidea » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae)

Family Pyralidae - Pyralid Moths

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Internet References
Toripalpus - Toripalpus trabalis Omphalocera munroei Brown moth - Aglossa pinguinalis Pink-masked Pyralid Moth - Aglossa costiferalis Wall moth - Pyralis farinalis Dolichomia sordidalis - Dolichomia Clover Hayworm - Hodges #5524 - Hypsopygia costalis - female Pyralid Moth - Arta olivalis
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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)
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, Robin McLeod
Last updated 27 April, 2009 - 12:42am

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