Macropyralis

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

Last updated August 03, 2025

Macropyralis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1953. Its single species, Macropyralis gigantalis, described by the same author, is found in Mauritania.^[2]

References

↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Macropyralis gigantalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 9, 2018.

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[Pyraloidea_db-1] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Macropyralis gigantalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 9, 2018.

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