# Macropyralis

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Genus of moths

Macropyralis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Pyralidae Subfamily: Pyralinae Genus: Macropyralis Amsel, 1953[1] Species: M. gigantalis Binomial name Macropyralis gigantalis Amsel, 1953

***Macropyralis*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) [snout moth](/source/Pyralidae) genus described by [Hans Georg Amsel](/source/Hans_Georg_Amsel) in 1953. Its single species, ***Macropyralis gigantalis***, described by the same author, is found in [Mauritania](/source/Mauritania).[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Pyraloidea_db_1-0)** ["GlobIZ search"](http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx). *Global Information System on Pyraloidea*. Retrieved 2011-09-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). ["*​Macropyralis gigantalis​*"](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail?taxonno=16847). *[The Global Lepidoptera Names Index](/source/The_Global_Lepidoptera_Names_Index)*. [Natural History Museum](/source/Natural_History_Museum%2C_London). Retrieved May 9, 2018.

Taxon identifiers Macropyralis gigantalis Wikidata: Q6725590 AfroMoths: MACRGIGA CoL: 3X96F EoL: 170878 GBIF: 1871470 IRMNG: 10608429 LepIndex: 16847 Observation.org: 26311 Open Tree of Life: 3156717

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