🦋 Family

Pyralidae

238 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Pyralidae

Callionyma sarcodes Meyrick, 1883

Callionyma sarcodes is the only species in the monotypic snout moth genus Callionyma, found in southern Australia, with larvae feeding on Eucalyptus.

Mampava rhodoneura (Turner, 1905)

Mampava rhodoneura, the buffel grass seed caterpillar, is a snout moth species found in Queensland, Australia.

Meyriccia latro (Zeller, 1873)

Meyriccia latro is the only species in the monotypic snout moth genus Meyriccia, found in Australia, whose larvae feed on Xanthorrhoea.

Omphalocera munroei Martin, 1956

Omphalocera munroei, the Asimina webworm moth, is a Pyralidae moth found in parts of the US, whose larvae feed on Asimina plants.

Omphalocera cariosa Lederer, 1863

Omphalocera cariosa is a type species of snout moth distributed from North America to Brazil, whose larvae feed on Menispermum canadense.

Galasa nigrinodis Zeller, 1873

Galasa nigrinodis is a Pyralidae moth found in eastern North America whose larvae feed on Buxus dead leaves.

Tosale oviplagalis Walker, 1866

Tosale oviplagalis is a sexually dimorphic species distributed from eastern North America south to South America, with active adults from May to September.

Arta statalis Grote, 1875

Arta statalis, the posturing arta moth, is a small North American moth with little known of its diet.

Arta epicoenalis

Arta epicoenalis is a snout moth species from the US, described by Ragonot in 1891.

Arta olivalis Grote

Arta olivalis, the olive arta moth, is a snout moth species found in the southern United States with a 14 mm wingspan.

Acallis alticolalis Dyar, 1910

Acallis alticolalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Acallis, first described in 1910 and found in North America.

Penthesilea sacculalis Ragonot, 1890

Penthesilea sacculalis is a dark-colored Pyralidae moth found in several southern and eastern U.S. states.

Clydonopteron sacculana Bosc, 1800

Clydonopteron sacculana, the trumpet vine moth, is a snout moth species whose larvae feed on Campsis radicans seed pods.

Bonchis munitalis Lederer, 1863

Bonchis munitalis is a species of snout moth described by Julius Lederer in 1863, found across the Americas.

Anemosella viridalis

Anemosella viridalis is a 16 mm wingspan snout moth found in Mexico and Arizona, described in 1912.

Parachma ochracealis Walker, 1865

Parachma ochracealis is a pyralid moth species in the Pyralidae family, with a MONA/Hodges number of 5538.

Basacallis tarachodes Dyar, 1914

Basacallis is a monotypic snout moth genus containing the single species Basacallis tarachodes, found in Panama and the southeastern U.S.

Anemosa exanthes (Meyrick, 1885)

Anemosa exanthes is a species of snout moth, described in 1885 by Edward Meyrick, known from Australia.

Hypocosmia pyrochroma Jones, 1912

Hypocosmia pyrochroma is a snout moth species used for biological control of cat's claw creeper.

Musotima ochropteralis (Guenée, 1854)

Musotima ochropteralis is a Crambidae moth found across Australia, introduced to New Zealand, whose larvae feed on Adiantum aethiopicum.

Musotima nitidalis (Walker)

Musotima nitidalis is a moth species found in Australasia and southern England, suspected to be introduced via imported tree ferns.

Drosophantis caeruleata (Hampson, 1893)

Drosophantis caeruleata is the only species in the Crambidae moth genus Drosophantis, found across South, East and Southeast Asia and Australia.

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Noctuidae 1315 species Erebidae 1232 species Geometridae 1132 species Nymphalidae 849 species Crambidae 700 species Tortricidae 445 species Lycaenidae 426 species Hesperiidae 380 species

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