PYRALIDAE
(pyralid moths)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Aphomia sociella Bee Moth	Species		39 images
Diasema accalis a pyralid moth	Species			1 ident. refs
Galleria mellonella Wax Moth	Species			1 ident. refs
PHYCITINAE a subfamily of moths	Subfamily	8 subtaxa	68 images
PYRALINAE a subfamily of moths	Subfamily	5 subtaxa	19 images
Pyralidae (unidentified) Unidentified Pyralid Moths	Unidentified		13 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	PYRALIDAE (pyralid moths)
Superfamily	PYRALOIDEA (grass and meal moths)
Clade	Obtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
Clade	Apoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

PYRALIDAE is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Pyraloidea)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
Aquatic/Larvae
	Nilsson, A. (ed.)	1996	Aquatic Insects of North Europe	Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books
Aquatic
	Nilsson, A. (ed.)	1996	Aquatic Insects of North Europe	Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books
Larvae/Leaf-miners
	Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R.		The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects	www.ukflymines.co.uk
Microscopy
	Pierce, F.N. & Metcalfe, J.W.	1984	The Genitalia of the Pyrales with the Deltoids and Plumes	Reprint edition, 75+29 Platespp, E. W. Classey
Stored Product Pests
	Mound, L. (ed)	1989	Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification	Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

PYRALIDAE (pyralid moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PYRALOIDEA
(grass and meal moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PYRALIDAE (pyralid moths)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 15 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PYRALIDAE (pyralid moths)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

PYRALIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

Aquatic/Larvae

Aquatic

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Microscopy

Stored Product Pests

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)