Pyralis

Translingual

Pyralis centralis

Latin pyralis (“a winged insect that was supposed to live in fire”)

Pyralis f

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – certain snout moths.
- 1975, L. Schulze, ‎J. M. M. Brown, A Review of Silk Production and Spinning Activities in Arthropoda (in English):
  Instead, the tubes contained caterpillars of a Pyralis species (Lepidoptera) (pl. 13: 1), and only one tube was built by a Drosochrus species.

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Tineina - section; Tineina - subsection; Pyraloidea - superfamily; Pyralidae - family; Pyralinae - subfamily; Pyralini - tribe

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