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Pyla scintillans, Canada | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
Genus: | Pyla Grote, 1882 |
Pyla is a genus of snout moths in the family Pyralidae. There are more than 20 described species in Pyla, found in North America, Europe, and Asia. [1] [2] [3]
These 22 species belong to the genus Pyla: [3]
Crambinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,800 species worldwide. The larvae are root feeders or stem borers, mostly on grasses. A few species are pests of sod grasses, maize, sugar cane, rice, and other Poaceae. The monophyly of this group is supported by the structure of the tympanal organs and the phallus attached medially to the juxta, as well as genetic analyses.
Evergestis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. A number of species are pests, including the cross-striped cabbageworm, a pest of cole crops such as cabbage.
Pyrausta is a speciose genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802.
Sympistis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Anacamptodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by James Halliday McDunnough in 1920. There are around 40 species within the genus, although a number have been reassigned to the genus Iridopsis.
Digrammia was a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Carl Freiherr von Gumppenberg in 1887. It is now often considered a synonym of Semiothisa.
Nemoria is a genus of emerald moths in the family Geometridae. It was named by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Stamnodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858.
The Chrysauginae are a subfamily of snout moths. They are primarily Neotropical and include about 400 described species.
Homoeosoma is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae.
Pococera is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Epipaschiinae, found mainly in North and Central America. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848.
Dioryctria is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846.
Cacotherapia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904 and is known from the United States, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama.
Chararica is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Carl Heinrich in 1956.
Coenochroa is a genus of snout moths, family Pyralidae. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887. Species are known Eurasia, North Africa, and the Americas.
The Phycitini are a tribe of moths of the family Pyralidae.
Sciota is a genus of snout moths. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1888.
Zophodia is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Phycitinae. It was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Vitula is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887.