females' abdomens. Like most flying firefly species, Photinus pyralis is nocturnal. P. pyralis is widespread across the eastern half of North America. Common...
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Pyralis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Pyralis caustica (Meyrick, 1884) Pyralis costinotalis Hampson, 1917 Pyralis...
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Pyralis farinalis, the meal moth, is a cosmopolitan moth of the family Pyralidae. Its larvae (caterpillars) are pests of certain stored foods, namely...
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One well-studied luciferase is that of the Photinini firefly Photinus pyralis, which has an optimum pH of 7.8. Click beetle Also well studied is the...
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Lampyrinae. This genus contains, for example, the common eastern firefly (P. pyralis), the most common species of firefly in North America. Male Photinus beetles...
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Codling moth (redirect from Pyralis pomana)
Tortrix aeneana Villers, 1789 Carpocapsa splendana ab. glaphyrana Rebel, 1 Pyralis pomana Fabricius, 1775 Tortrix pomonana [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775...
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Pyralis regalis is a species of snout moth. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, the Benelux, Germany and Norway)...
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Desmia funeralis (redirect from Pyralis funeralis)
Species: D. funeralis Binomial name Desmia funeralis (Hübner, 1796) Synonyms Pyralis funeralis Hübner, 1796 Desmia maculalis Westwood, 1832[citation needed]...
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Green pug (redirect from Pyralis mediana)
Geometra bischoffaria Geyer, 1838 Eupithecia griseata Staudinger, 1897 Pyralis mediana Panzer, 1804 Phalaena nigrosericeata Haworth, 1809 Eupithecia rectangularia...
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Pyralis transcaspica is a species of snout moth. It is found in Turkmenistan. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-02-15...
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Glyphodes chrysialis (redirect from Phalaena Pyralis chrysialis)
chrysialis Binomial name Glyphodes chrysialis (Stoll, 1790) Synonyms Phalaena Pyralis chrysialis Stoll, 1790 Glyphodes ectargyralis Hampson, 1899 Margaronia...
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Aglossa cuprina (redirect from Pyralis cuprina)
moth is closely related to the genus Pyralis, and as a result, is usually associated with the meal moth, Pyralis farinalis. Aglossa cuprina ingests grease...
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Parapoynx nivalis (redirect from Pyralis nivalis)
Binomial name Parapoynx nivalis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Synonyms Pyralis nivalis Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775 Phalaena nivealis Fabricius, 1794...
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Synaphe punctalis (redirect from Pyralis angustalis)
1910 Cledeobia atlantalis Zerny, 1935 Cledeobia confusalis D. Lucas, 1954 Pyralis angustalis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Cledeobia angustalis ab. interrupta...
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Pechipogo strigilata (redirect from Pyralis pectitalis)
1758 [Phalaena] barbalis Clerck, 1759 Phalaena palpalis Fabricius, 1775 Pyralis pectitalis Hübner, 1796 Crambus barbata Haworth, 1809 Crambus palpatus...
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Pyralis lienigialis, the northern meal moth, is a species of snout moth. It is found in France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Estonia...
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Hypsopygia nonusalis (redirect from Pyralis tenuis)
1859) Synonyms Pyralis nonusalis Walker, 1859 Ocrasa nonusalis Herculia hansi Rose & Dhillon, 1980 Herculia imbecilis Shibuya, 1928. Pyralis imbecilis Moore...
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Pyralis pictalis, the painted meal moth or poplar pyralis, is a snout moth (family Pyralidae). It is closely related to the family's type species the...
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Nymphula nitidulata (redirect from Phalaena (Pyralis) potamogalis)
Nymphula nitidulata (Hufnagel, 1767) Synonyms Nymphula stagnata Phalaena (Pyralis) potamogalis Hübner, 1793 Phalaena stagnata Donovan, 1806 Hydrocampa stagnalis...
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Prochoreutis myllerana (redirect from Pyralis myllerana)
Fourcroy, 1785 (nomen oblitum) Prochoreutis argentinetta Pyralis myllerana Fabricius, 1794 Pyralis scopoliana sensu Panzer, 1801 Anthophila mylleri Haworth...
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Hypsopygia nannodes (redirect from Pyralis nannodes)
H. nannodes Binomial name Hypsopygia nannodes (Butler, 1879) Synonyms Pyralis nannodes Butler, 1879 Orthopygia nannodes Herculia nannodes Ocrasa nannodes...
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Acrobasis repandana (redirect from Pyralis repandana)
repandana Binomial name Acrobasis repandana (Fabricius, 1798) Synonyms Pyralis repandana Fabricius, 1798 Conobathra repandana Phycis tumidella Zincken...
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Nola aerugula (redirect from Pyralis centonalis)
Nola aerugula (Hübner, 1793) Synonyms List Phalaena aerugula Hübner, 1793 Pyralis centonalis Hübner, 1796 Roeselia centonana Hübner, [1825] Glaphyra atomosa...
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Anania hortulata (redirect from Pyralis urticalis)
obsolete genus Phalaena. It has since been moved to the Eurrhypara and Pyralis before ending up in its present genus Anania, which refers to without pain...
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Hypotia bolinalis (redirect from Pyralis bolinalis)
Species: H. bolinalis Binomial name Hypotia bolinalis (Walker, 1859) Synonyms Pyralis bolinalis Walker, 1859 Hypotia achatina C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer...
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Glaphyria badierana (redirect from Pyralis badierana)
bilinealis Binomial name Glaphyria bilinealis (Fabricius, 1794) Synonyms Pyralis badierana Fabricius, 1794 Glaphyria banderiana Homophysa bilinealis Walker...
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Clydonopteron sacculana (redirect from Pyralis sacculana)
Clydonopteron Species: C. sacculana Binomial name Clydonopteron sacculana (Bosc, 1800) Synonyms Pyralis sacculana Bosc, 1800 Clydonopteron tecomae Riley, 1880...
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(Lampyris noctiluca) from Assos, Turkey Lampyridae: Male common eastern firefly (Photinus pyralis) from Evansville, United States Elateridae: Male headlight click beetle...
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Phostria temira (redirect from Phalaena Pyralis temira)
name Phostria temira (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781) Synonyms Phalaena Pyralis temira Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781 Pilocrocis omophanes Meyrick, 1936...
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Evergestis pallidata (redirect from Pyralis straminalis)
(Hufnagel, 1811) Synonyms Phalaena pallidata Hufnagel, 1767 Pyralis elutalis Hübner, 1796 Pionea eunusalis Walker, 1859 Pyralis straminalis Hübner, 1793...
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