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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) » Pyralinae

Subfamily Pyralinae

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Meal Moth - Pyralis farinalis moth on screen - Hypsopygia olinalis Hypsopygia binodulalis yellow-fringed dolichomia - Hypsopygia olinalis Meal Moth - Pyralis farinalis Hypsopygia phoezalis ? - Hypsopygia phoezalis Hypsopygia olinalis Hypsopygia olinalis
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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)
Subfamily Pyralinae
Numbers
all North American genera in this subfamily belong to tribe Pyralini
26 species in 5 genera in our area (1).
Print References
Solis, M. Alma (2007) Phylogenetic studies and modern classification of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) (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 Robin McLeod on 21 March, 2005 - 8:05am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 3 March, 2016 - 5:42pm

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