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

Family Pyralidae - Pyralid Moths

Classification · Other Common Names · Pronunciation · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Fall caterpillar - Oneida lunulalis worm that turns to tiny moth? - Plodia interpunctella Larvae in prickly pear - Melitara small moth - Anadelosemia condigna caterpillar on Poison Ivy - Macalla zelleri Acrobasis comptoniella St. Andrews caterpillar on Quercus laevis 2019 0 - Pococera Salebriaria bella
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)
Other Common Names
Snout moths
Pronunciation
pye-RAL-id-ee
Numbers
681 species in our area (1).
Size
small to medium-size: wingspan usually between 9 and 37 mm
Identification
Below is a guide to the local subfamilies of Pyralidae. The images included are meant to be illustrative of the general appearance of each subfamily as an aid for narrowing down possibilities for identification. While the commonest elements of forewing maculation in each subfamily are represented, many patterns are not.

Chrysauginae



Epipaschiinae



Galleriinae



Phycitinae



Pyralinae

Range
cosmopolitan
Print References
Scholtens B.G., Solis M.A. (2015) Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico. ZooKeys 535: 1–136 (1)
Solis M.A. (2007) Phylogenetic studies and modern classification of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Rev. Colomb. Entomol. 33: 1-8 (read online)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico
Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, v belov, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin, Blocky
Last updated 29 August, 2020 - 1:50am

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