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.
Rhodophaea is a genus of moth of the family Pyralidae described by Achille Guenée in 1845. It is found in most of Europe and in India.
Pempelia genistella, the gorse colonial hard shoot moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is native to south-western Europe and north-western Africa, but has been introduced as a biological control agent for gorse in New Zealand and Hawaii.
Adelphia is a monotypic snout moth genus in the subfamily Phycitinae. It was described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. Its only species is Adelphia petrella, which was originally described as Pempelia petrella by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846. It is found in North America, from New Jersey to Florida and westward to Iowa and Texas.
Aurana is a genus of snout moths. It was erected by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from Japan and Australia.
Aurana actiosella is a species of snout moth in the genus Aurana. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863 and is found in Australia.
The Phycitini are a tribe of moths of the family Pyralidae.
Rhodophaea formosa is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in most of Europe.
Pempelia is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Pempelia albariella is a species of snout moth. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, North Macedonia, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan.
Pempelia albicostella is a species of snout moth. It is found on Cyprus.
Pempelia alpigenella is a species of snout moth. It is found in France, Italy, Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine and Russia.
Pempelia amoenella is a species of snout moth. It is found in Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Romania, Croatia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
Pempelia cirtensis is a species of snout moth. It is found on Cyprus, Turkey, Israel and North Africa, including Algeria.
Pempelia johannella is a species of snout moth. It is found in Romania and Greece.
Pempelia lundbladi is a species of snout moth. It is found on Madeira.
Melathrix is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1893. Its only species, Melathrix praetextella, was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1877, originally under the genus Pempelia, but was subsequently moved to Melathrix by Ragonot. It is known from Turkmenistan.
Morosaphycita morosalis is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It lives throughout Eastern Africa from Egypt to South Africa, including the Indian Ocean islands and in India and Nepal.
Pempelia strophocomma is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Joseph de Joannis in 1932 and is endemic in the Mascarene islands Réunion and Mauritius. Its length is about 10 mm and its wingspan is about 20 mm.
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