Checklist for Family Pyralidae Latreille, 1802 (Flour Moths)
and region South Nigeria (Nigeria)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 91
467
775 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 91
467
775 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 87
438
716 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 72
405
687 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 34
313
458 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 34
313
458 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 34
313
458 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 14
59
69 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 10
48
58 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pyraloidea
Latreille, 1802
Crambid Snout Moths, Pyralid, Pyraloid moths | 2
34
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pyralidae
Latreille, 1802
Flour Moths, Frass Moths, Grass moths, Meal Moths | 10
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for South Nigeria
10 Genera with 11 Species | Acracona Karsch, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Emmalocera Ragonot, 1918 | Thoroughwort | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ethiopsella Hampson, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypsopygia Hübner, 1917 | Hayworms | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanastia Hampson, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phycita J.Curtis, 1983 | American Lings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyralis Linnaeus, 1917 | Meal Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sacada Walker, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Triphassa Hübner, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zitha Walker, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for South Nigeria
11 Species | Acracona flammealis (Karsch, 1900) | ⇒ Acracona remipedalis Karsch, 1900 | | Emmalocera lateritiella Hampson, 1918 | | | Emmalocera polychroella Hampson, 1918 | | | Ethiopsella nasuta Hampson, 1930 | | | Hypsopygia perrubralis (Hampson, 1917) | ⇒ Stemmatophora perrubralis Hampson, 1917 | | Melanastia bicolor Hampson, 1930 | | | Phycita melongenae Aina, 1983 | | | Pyralis rufibasalis Hampson, 1917 | | | Sacada erythropis Hampson, 1917 | | | Triphassa anaemialis Hampson, 1906 | | | Zitha purpurascens Hampson, 1917 | |
Subnodes of Pyralidae with occurrences in South Nigeria
 | | 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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