Pyralis
Translingual
Etymology
Latin pyralis (“a winged insect that was supposed to live in fire”)
Proper noun
Pyralis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – certain snout moths.
- 1975, L. Schulze, J. M. M. Brown, A Review of Silk Production and Spinning Activities in Arthropoda (in English):
- Instead, the tubes contained caterpillars of a Pyralis species (Lepidoptera) (pl. 13: 1), and only one tube was built by a Drosochrus species.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – division; Tineina – section; Tineina – subsection; Pyraloidea – superfamily; Pyralidae – family; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. - subfamily; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. - type species
References
- Pyralis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pyralis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Pyralis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons