# Pyralis

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Genus of moths

Pyralis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Pyralidae Tribe: Pyralini Genus: Pyralis Linnaeus, [1758] Synonyms Aletes Rafinesque, 1815 Asopia Treitschke, 1828 Ceropsina Rafinesque, 1815 Sacatia Walker, 1863 Spyrella Rafinesque, 1815

***Pyralis*** is a genus of [snout moths](/source/Pyralidae) and currently contains 87 described species.[1] It was [described](/source/Species_description) by [Carl Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) in 1758.[2][3]

## Selected species

- *[Pyralis cardinalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pyralis_cardinalis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Kaila, Huemer, Mutanen, Tyllinen & Wikström, 2020[4]

- *[Pyralis caustica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pyralis_caustica&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Meyrick, 1884)

- *[Pyralis costinotalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pyralis_costinotalis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Hampson, 1917

- *[Pyralis electalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pyralis_electalis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Hulst, 1886

- *[Pyralis farinalis](/source/Pyralis_farinalis)* (Linnaeus, 1758)

- *[Pyralis faviusalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pyralis_faviusalis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Walker, 1859

- *[Pyralis haematinalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pyralis_haematinalis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Saalmüller, 1880)

- *[Pyralis joannisi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pyralis_joannisi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Leraut, 2005

- *[Pyralis kacheticalis](/source/Pyralis_kacheticalis)* (Christoph, 1893)

- *[Pyralis laudatella](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pyralis_laudatella&action=edit&redlink=1)* Walker, 1863

- *[Pyralis lienigialis](/source/Pyralis_lienigialis)* Zeller, 1843

- *[Pyralis manihotalis](/source/Pyralis_manihotalis)* Guenée, 1854

- *[Pyralis palesalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pyralis_palesalis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Walker, 1859

- *[Pyralis papaleonei](/source/Pyralis_papaleonei)* Huemer, Kaila & Segerer, 2026[5]

- *[Pyralis perversalis](/source/Pyralis_perversalis)* Herrich-Schäffer, 1849

- *[Pyralis pictalis](/source/Pyralis_pictalis)* (J. Curtis, 1834)

- *[Pyralis regalis](/source/Pyralis_regalis)* Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

- *[Pyralis subjectalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pyralis_subjectalis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Walker, 1866

- *[Pyralis transcaspica](/source/Pyralis_transcaspica)* Rebel, 1903

- *[Pyralis trifascialis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pyralis_trifascialis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Moore, 1877

## Former species

- *[Pyralis preciosalis](/source/Pyralis_preciosalis)* Guillermet in Viette & Guillermet, 1996

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GlobIZ_1-0)** Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; [Solis, M. Alma](/source/Maria_Alma_Solis); De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2026). ["Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)"](https://www.pyraloidea.org/indexf41b.html?id=10). Retrieved 2026-05-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Savela, Markku. ["*Pyralis* Linnaeus, 1758"](http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/pyralidae/pyralinae/pyralis/). *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*. Retrieved September 23, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Linnæus, Carl (1758). [*Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/80764#page/543/mode/1up) (in Latin) (10 ed.). Holmiæ: Laurentius Salvius. p. 533. Retrieved 28 November 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Wikström, Bo; Huemer, Peter; Mutanen, Marko; Tyllinen, Juha; Kaila, Lauri (2020). ["*Pyralis cardinalis*, a charismatic new species related to *P. regalis* \[Denis & Schiffermüller\], 1775, first recognized in Finland (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)"](https://doi.org/10.3897%2Fnl.43.54916). *Nota "Lepidopterologica*. **43**: 337–364. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3897/nl.43.54916](https://doi.org/10.3897%2Fnl.43.54916). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[10138/321970](https://hdl.handle.net/10138%2F321970).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Huemer, Peter; Kaila, Lauri; Segerer, Andreas H. (2026). ["*Pyralis papaleonei* sp. nov. from Crete (Greece) (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)"](https://doi.org/10.3897%2Fnl.49.185483). *Nota Lepidopterologica*. **49**: 63–74. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3897/nl.49.185483](https://doi.org/10.3897%2Fnl.49.185483).

Taxon identifiers Pyralis Wikidata: Q3411240 Wikispecies: Pyralis AFD: Pyralis BioLib: 49977 BOLD: 7548 BugGuide: 12984 ButMoth: 25251.0 CoL: 92LJW EoL: 19910 EPPO: 1PYRAG Fauna Europaea: 167908 Fauna Europaea (new): a2bc28b9-277a-4a5f-9f34-7d821f04e040 GBIF: 1872845 iNaturalist: 124622 Insecta.pro: 2045 LepIndex: 17074 NBN: NHMSYS0000522847 NCBI: 687121 NZOR: 99c86d94-c6d2-4ae5-9eba-b61b59d9aed6 Open Tree of Life: 929866 Paleobiology Database: 134819 WoRMS: 989301

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