Checklist for Family Pyralidae Latreille, 1802 (Flour Moths)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 275
1655
2186 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
1494
2029 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 52
382
545 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 52
381
543 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 50
373
525 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 26
153
204 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 21
146
194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pyraloidea
Latreille, 1802
Crambid Snout Moths, Pyralid, Pyraloid moths | 2
37
42 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pyralidae
Latreille, 1802
Flour Moths, Frass Moths, Grass moths, Meal Moths | 17
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape Town
17 Genera with 19 Species | Aglossa Latreille, 1906 | Tabby Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bostra Walker, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dysphylia Ragonot, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epicrocis Zeller, 1994 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Galleria Fabricius, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Isolopha Hampson, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lamoria Walker, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Maliarpha Ragonot, 1888 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pempelia Caradja, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plodia Guenée, 1813 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyocha Zeller, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudographis Mifsud, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyralis Linnaeus, 1852 | Meal Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodochrysa Hampson, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Samaria Ragonot, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Triphassa Hübner, 1818 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zitha Walker, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Town
19 Species | Aglossa caprealis Hübner, 1809 | Fungus Moth | | Aglossa rhodalis Hampson, 1906 | | | Bostra conspicualis Warren, 1911 | | | Dysphylia viridella (Ragonot, 1888) | ⇒ Gaana viridella Ragonot, 1888 | | Epicrocis crassa Balinsky, 1994 | | | Epicrocis insolita Balinsky, 1994 | | | Galleria mellonella Linnaeus, 1758 | Bee moth | | Isolopha albicristata Warren, 1911 | | | Lamoria imbella Walker, 1864 | | | Pempelia morosalis (Saalmüller, 1880) | ⇒ Morosaphycita morosalis Saalmüller, 1880 | | Plodia interpunctella Hübner, 1813 | Cloaked knot-horn moth | | Polyocha sanguinariella Zeller, 1848 | | | Pseudographis mesosema Balinsky, 1989 | | | Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Meal Moth | | Pyralis rubellalis Zeller, 1852 | | | Rhodochrysa superbella Hampson, 1901 | | | Samaria inconspicuella Balinsky, 1994 | | | Triphassa stalachtis Hübner, 1818 | | | Zitha subcupralis Zeller, 1852 | |
Subnodes of Pyralidae with occurrences in Cape Town
 | | Pyralidae (Latreille 1802) |
Links, sources and further information Pyralidae at artfakta.se
Pyralidae at dyntaxa.se
Pyralidae at gbif.org
Pyralidae at irmng.org
Pyralidae at itis.gov
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