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Meal Moths
Pyralis
Pyralis is a genus of snout moths and currently contains 87 described species. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Meal moth
speciesPyralis farinalis
Tropical Meal Moth
speciesPyralis manihotalis
Pyralis regalis
complexPyralis regalis
Painted Meal Moth
speciesPyralis pictalis
Pyralis subresectalis
speciesPyralis subresectalis
scarce tabby
speciesPyralis lienigialis
Pyralis albiguttata
speciesPyralis albiguttata
Pyralis fumipennis
speciesPyralis fumipennis
Pyralis oenoealis
speciesPyralis oenoealis
Pyralis devialis
speciesPyralis devialis
Pyralis centralis
speciesPyralis centralis
Pyralis divagalis
speciesPyralis divagalis
Pyralis albilautalis
speciesPyralis albilautalis
Pyralis faviusalis
speciesPyralis faviusalis
Pyralis costipunctalis
speciesPyralis costipunctalis
Pyralis caustica
speciesPyralis caustica
Pyralis trigonalis
speciesPyralis trigonalis
Pyralis anpingialis
speciesPyralis anpingialis
Pyralis spiralis
speciesPyralis spiralis
Pyralis angulalis
speciesPyralis angulalis
Pyralis costiferalis
speciesPyralis costiferalis
Pyralis biblisalis
speciesPyralis biblisalis
Pyralis dentibasalis
speciesPyralis dentibasalis
Pyralis effulgens
speciesPyralis effulgens
Pyralis flavirubralis
speciesPyralis flavirubralis
Pyralis orbigiera
speciesPyralis orbigiera
Pyralis rubellalis
speciesPyralis rubellalis
Pyralis secretalis
speciesPyralis secretalis
Pyralis subjectalis
speciesPyralis subjectalis
Pyralis atrisparsalis
speciesPyralis atrisparsalis
Pyralis exumbralis
speciesPyralis exumbralis
Pyralis ectaemialis
speciesPyralis ectaemialis
Pyralis tyrialis
speciesPyralis tyrialis
Pyralis trifolialis
speciesPyralis trifolialis
Pyralis rufibasalis
speciesPyralis rufibasalis
Pyralis costinotalis
speciesPyralis costinotalis
Pyralis prepialis
speciesPyralis prepialis
Pyralis taihorinalis
speciesPyralis taihorinalis
Pyralis anaemicalis
speciesPyralis anaemicalis
Pyralis roseitincta
speciesPyralis roseitincta
Pyralis perpulverea
speciesPyralis perpulverea
Pyralis compsodryas
speciesPyralis compsodryas
Pyralis chrysomima
speciesPyralis chrysomima
Pyralis chrysocoma
speciesPyralis chrysocoma
Pyralis licnospila
speciesPyralis licnospila
Pyralis heliocrossa
speciesPyralis heliocrossa
Pyralis flavicapitalis
speciesPyralis flavicapitalis
Pyralis cyamospila
speciesPyralis cyamospila
Pyralis persicodora
speciesPyralis persicodora
Pyralis pastoralis
speciesPyralis pastoralis
Pyralis pascualis
speciesPyralis pascualis
Pyralis orbigera
speciesPyralis orbigera
Pyralis nigricilialis
speciesPyralis nigricilialis
Pyralis crassalis
speciesPyralis crassalis
Pyralis argospila
speciesPyralis argospila
Pyralis cautalis
speciesPyralis cautalis
Pyralis bryalis
speciesPyralis bryalis
Pyralis phoenicealis
speciesPyralis phoenicealis
Pyralis juengeri
speciesPyralis juengeri
Pyralis obsoletalis
speciesPyralis obsoletalis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 124622.