PYRALOIDEA
(grass and meal moths)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
CRAMBIDAE
crambid moths
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 		Family 40 subtaxa 299 images 4 ident. refs
PYRALIDAE
pyralid moths
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 		Family 17 subtaxa 139 images 6 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyPYRALOIDEA (grass and meal moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. Alucitidae, Pyralidae, Pterophoridae (vol 6) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 6, Harley Books
() Goater, B. 1986 British Pyralid Moths - a guide to their identification 175pp, Harley Books

PYRALOIDEA (grass and meal moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PYRALOIDEA (grass and meal moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 49 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PYRALOIDEA (grass and meal moths)
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