Pyralidae
Snout moths Meal moth ( Pyralis farinalis ) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Clade : Euarthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Pyraloidea Family: Pyralidae Latreille, 1809 [1] Type species Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus, 1758 Subfamilies Chrysauginae Epipaschiinae Galleriinae Phycitinae Pyralinae Diversity c. 6,150 species The Pyralidae , commonly called pyralid moths , [2] snout moths or grass moths , [3] are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. [4] [5] In many (particularly older) 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 & Solis, in Kristensen (1999) [ full citation needed ] retains the Crambidae as a full family of Pyraloidea. The wingspans for small and medium-sized species usually between 9 and 37 mm with variable morphological features. [2] [6] It is a diverse ...