The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many 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.
The Pyraloidea are a moth superfamily containing about 16,000 described species worldwide, and probably at least as many more remain to be described. They are generally fairly small moths, and as such, they have been traditionally associated with the paraphyletic Microlepidoptera.
Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,132 described species in 340 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloids.
The Tineodidae or false plume moths are a family of moths with in some cases unusually modified wings: Like in some related moths, the wings of several Tineodidae are decomposed into several rigid spines. This is a small family, with about a global total of 20 species described to date; some undescribed species are known or suspected to exist however. They seem to be of Australian origin, where they are most diverse, but range through the Wallacea to Southeast and South Asia, and into the Pacific to the Marquesas Islands.
Emphylica is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913. It contains only one species, Emphylica xanthocrossa, described in the same article, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory.
Heosphora is a genus of moths in the family Pyralidae. The genus was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882. The type species is Anerastia psamathella Meyrick, 1879, designated as such by George Hampson in 1901. All Heosphora species are found in Australia.
Heosphora ablepta is a species of moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913.
Heosphora anaemopis is a species of moth in the family Pyralidae. It was first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913.
Heosphora erasmia is a moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia.
Heosphora baliora is a moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia.
Heosphora neurica is a moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia.
Heosphora colobela is a moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia.
Heosphora rhodochros is a moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia.
Heosphora tanybela is a moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia.
Heosphora xylodes is a moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia.
Heosphora achromatella is a species of moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by George Hampson in 1918.
Heosphora desertella is a grass moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by George Hampson as Saluria desertella in 1918. It is found in Australia.
Heosphora grammivena is a moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by George Hampson in 1918. It is found in Australia.
Heosphora minimella is a species of moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Australia.
Heosphora psamathella is a moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1879, as Anerastia psamathella, from a male specimen collected in Sydney, New South Wales, and was moved to the genus Heosphora as its type species by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Australia.
