Checklist of Family Pyralidae Latreille, 1802 (Flour Moths)
for Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 118
286
419 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 118
286
419 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 115
282
414 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 80
219
345 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 27
109
193 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 27
109
193 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 26
108
192 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 14
49
106 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 13
48
105 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pyraloidea
Latreille, 1802
Crambid Snout Moths, Pyralid, Pyraloid moths | 2
23
35 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pyralidae
Latreille, 1802
Flour Moths, Frass Moths, Grass moths, Meal Moths | 10
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Ascension
10 Genera with 12 Species | Bussa Ragonot, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cactoblastis Ragonot, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ephestia Guenée, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Etiella Zellen, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Harraria Hampson, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Homoeosoma J. Curtis, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypargyria Ragonot, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypsopygia Hübner, 1854 | Hayworms | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pyralis Linnaeus, 1854 | Meal Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thylacoptila Meyrick, 1885 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ascension
12 Species and 1 Subspecies | Bussa maculella (Meyrick, 1888) | ⇒ Thylacoptila paurosema Meyrick, 1888 | | Cactoblastis cactorum Berg, 1775 | Cactoblastis | | Ephestia (Anagasta) kuehniella Zeller, 1879 | Flour moth | | Etiella zinckenella Treitschke, 1832 | Gold-banded Etiella | | Harraria diehlella (Marion & Viette, 1956) | ⇒ Thylacoptila paurosema Meyrick, 1888 | | Homoeosoma privata Walker, 1875 | | | Hypargyria metalliferella Ragonot, 1888 | Silvered Knothorn | | Hypsopygia helenensis Guenée, 1854 | | | Hypsopygia nostralis Guenée, 1854 | Southern Hayworm Moth | | Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Meal Moth | | Pyralis manihotalis Guenée, 1854 | Moth | | Thylacoptila paurosema Meyrick, 1888 | | | Thylacoptila paurosema paurosema Meyrick, 1885 | |
Subnodes of Pyralidae with occurrences in Ascension
 | | Pyralidae (Latreille 1802) |
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