pyralid

This pyralid has a pattern of black dots on its whitish forewings, resembling many ermine moths (family Yponomeutidae).

The Lilac pyralid (Palpita nigropunctalis) is a moth of the Crambidae family.

British Pyralid and Plume Moths Frederick Warne (1952)

The Pondside Pyralid Moth (Elophila icciusalis) is a moth of the Crambidae family.

The Lesser Wax Moth (Achroia grisella) is a close relative, which also belongs to tribe Galleriini of the pyralid subfamily Galleriinae.

The Pear fruit moth, Pear moth or Pear pyralid (Acrobasis porphyrella) is a moth of the Pyralidae family.

The Striped Birch Pyralid Moth or Paper Birch Leaftier (Ortholepis pasadamia) is a moth of the family Pyralidae.

Pyralid moths can commonly be found on the flowers.

He named 301 new genera of butterflies and moths, mostly pyralid moths.

Some pyralid caterpillars are aquatic.

The pyralid moth Salebriopsis albicilla occurs here.

Not many insects are known to generate sound with reproductive organs, but the pyralid moth, Syntonarcha iriastis, is one such, emitting ultrasonic squeaks.

"Coprophagy in Lepidoptera: observational and experimental evidence in the pyralid moth Aglossa pinguinalis."

The pyralid cactus moth was introduced from Argentina to Australia, where it successfully suppressed millions of acres of Prickly pear cactus.

"The most serious insect problem is probably the larvae of the pyralid moth, which bores into the stem and root crowns of the blowout penstemon plant to pupate.

Two other biological control possibilities include the pyralid moth species Dioryctria mendasella and D. mitatella, but these species attack the vegetative tissue instead of just the seeds of P. pinaster, harming the plant itself.

The marshes contain several species of insect with a restricted distribution in the London area such as the Essex skipper butterfly Thymelicus lineola, an uncommon hoverfly Volucella inanis, a pyralid moth Shoeribius micronellus and the sporadic breeding by the nationally-endangered Marsh Warbler.