Pyralis

Pyralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Pyralini
Genus: Pyralis
Linnaeus, [1758]
Synonyms
  • Aletes Rafinesque, 1815
  • Asopia Treitschke, 1828
  • Ceropsina Rafinesque, 1815
  • Sacatia Walker, 1863
  • Spyrella Rafinesque, 1815

Pyralis is a genus of snout moths and currently contains 87 described species. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.