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| Snout moths | |
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| Meal moth (Pyralis farinalis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Pyraloidea |
| Family: | Pyralidae Latreille, 1809[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pyralis farinalis | |
| Subfamilies | |
| Diversity | |
| c. 6,150 species | |
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths,[2] snout moths or grass moths,[3] are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea.[4][5] In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera. The latest review by Eugene G. Munroe and Maria Alma Solis retain the Crambidae as a full family of Pyraloidea.[6]
The wingspans for small and medium-sized species are usually between 9 and 37 mm (0.35 and 1.46 in) with variable morphological features.[2][7]
It is a diverse group, with more than 6,000 species described worldwide, and more than 600 species in America north of Mexico, comprising the third largest moth family in North America. At least 42 species have been recorded from North Dakota in the subfamilies of Pyralidae.[8]
- ^ Savela, Markku (December 27, 2018). "Pyralidae Latreille, 1809". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ a b Bartlett, Troy (July 11, 2018). "Family Pyralidae - Pyralid Moths". BugGuide. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Pyralidae Snout Moths". Discover Life. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Taxonomy - Pyralidae (snout moths)". UniProt. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Family Pyralidae". Insecta.pro. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ Munroe, Eugene; Solis, Maria Alma (1999). "The Pyraloidea". In N. P. Kristensen (ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Part 35. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 233–256.
- ^ Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Family Pyralidae: Pyralid snout moths". Moths of North Dakota. Retrieved February 6, 2020.