Pyralis

Pyralis Linnaeus, 1758

Pyralis Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 533; TS: Phalaena farinalis Linnaeus
Aletes Rafinesque, 1815; 129 (nom. nud.)
- = Pyralis; [AUCL]; [GlobIZ]
Ceropsina Rafinesque, 1815; 129 (nom. nud.)
- = Pyralis; [AUCL]; [GlobIZ]
Spyrella Rafinesque, 1815; 129 (repl. name)
- = Pyralis; [GlobIZ]
Asopia Treitschke, 1828; in Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. 6 (2): 316; TS: Phalaena farinalis Linnaeus
- = Pyralis; Hampson, 1896, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1896 (4): 507; [NACL], 78; [AUCL]; [GlobIZ]
Sacatia Walker, 1863; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 27: 123; TS: Sacatia laudatella Walker
- = Pyralis; Hampson, 1896, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1896 (4): 507; [NACL], 78; [AUCL]; [GlobIZ]
Eutrichodes Warren, 1891; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 7 (42): 498; TS: Pyralis ravolalis Walker
- = Pyralis; Hampson, 1896, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1896 (4): 507; [NACL], 78

Aletes; [NHM-BMW]
Asopia; [NHM-BMW]
Ceropsina; [NHM-BMW]
Eutrichodes; [NHM-BMW]
Eutrichodes (Pyralinae); [GlobIZ]
Pyralis; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Pyralis (Pyralinae); Hampson, 1896, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1896 (4): 507; [NACL], 78
Pyralis (Pyralini); Solis & Shaffer, 1999, J. Lep. Soc. 53 (1): 8; [AUCL]; [GlobIZ]; [RFEL]
Sacatia; [NHM-BMW]
Spyrella; [NHM-BMW]

Unmatched external taxa

Pyralis albiguttata; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis albilautalis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis anaemicalis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis anpingialis; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis argospila; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis atrisparsalis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis biblisalis; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis bryalis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis callista; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis cardinalis; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [SVF]
Pyralis cautalis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis centralis; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis chrysocoma; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis chrysomima; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis compsodryas; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis costinotalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis costipunctalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis crassalis; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis cyamospila; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis dentibasalis; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis divagalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis ectaemialis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis effulgens; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis elongalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis exumbralis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis faviusalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis flavicapitalis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis flavimedialis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis flavirubralis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis fumipennis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis funebralis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis galactalis; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis heliocrossa; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis juengeri; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Pyralis kacheticalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Pyralis licnospila; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis linpingialis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis moupinalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis narynensis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis nigricilialis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis obscuralis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis oenoealis; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis orbigera; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis orbigiera; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis palesalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis pallidiscalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis pascualis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis pastoralis; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis perpulverea; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis persicodora; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis phoenicealis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis phycidalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis prepialis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis pygmaealis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis recisalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis roseitincta; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis rubellalis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis rufibasalis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis sagarrai; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Pyralis secretalis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis spiralis albidior; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis spiralis; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis spiralis spiralis; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis subjectalis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis subresectalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis taihorinalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis transcaspica; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Pyralis trifolialis; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis trigonalis; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis tyrialis; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pyralis undulalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Pyralis vilisana; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Pyralis buddhalis Caradja, 1927; Mem. Sect. stiint. Acad. rom. (3) 4 (8): 390, 402; TL: Beijing; Sichuan; Dujiangyang

Pyralis buddhalis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Pyralis intermedialis Caradja, 1927; Mem. Sect. stiint. Acad. rom. (3) 4 (8): 402; TL: Szetschwan

Pyralis intermedialis; [LepIndex]

References:

[AFM]
African Moths
[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera); (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths
[GALEPS] Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States
James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[GlobIZ] Global information system on pyraloidea
GlobIZ; Globales Informtationssystem Zünslerfalter; Note This information is not automatically synchronized with GlobIZ and can sometimes be lagging behind.
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[SEL]
Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica; Nota lepidopterologica, contents
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Caradja, 1926
Noch einige Worte über ostasiatische Pyraliden und Microlepidopteren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 40 : 155-167
Caradja, 1927
Die Kleinfalter der Stötzner'schen Ausbeute, nebst Zuträge aus meiner Sammlung Mem. Sect. stiint. Acad. rom. (3) 4 (8) : 361-428
Hampson, 1896
On the classification of the three subfamilies of Moths of the family Pyraliidae: The Epipaschiinae, Endorichiinae and Pyralidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1896 (4) : 451-550
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
[AUCL]; Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996
Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: 1-529
Solis & Shaffer, 1999
Contribution towards the study of the Pyralinae (Pyralidae): historical review, morphology, and nomenclature J. Lep. Soc. 53 (1): 1-10
Sumpich & Skyva, 2012
New faunistic records for a number of Microlepidoptera, including description of three new taxa from Agonoxenidae, Depressariidae, and Gelechiidae (Gelechioidea) Nota lepid. 35 (2) : 161-179
Treitschke, 1828
Die Schmetterlinge von Europa in Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. 6 (2) : 1-319
Walker, 1859
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Supplement List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 1-253 ([1859]), 17: 255-508 (1859), 18: 509-798 (1859), 19: 799-1036 (1859)
Walker, 1863
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 27: 1-286 (1863), 28: 287-562 (1863), 29: 563-835 (1864), 30: 837-1096 (1864)
Warren, 1891
Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Pyralidae contained in the British Museum Collection Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 7 (41): 423-437, 7 (42): 494-501, 8 (43): 61-70

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