Subfamily PYRALINAE

 

Introduction

[Modified after Shaffer et al. 1996: 165]
Pyralinae are represented in Australia by 35 described species, many endemic. The oldest recorded native species were described by Walker (1859b), though the earliest described species occuring in Australia are introduced species including Pyralis farinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) and Aglossa pinguinalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Most recently the subspecies Vitessa zemire nephritica Munroe & Shaffer, 1980 was added. The revision of the genera Vitessidia Rothschild & Jordan, Cosmethella Munroe & Schaffer, 1980, and Vitessa Moore, 1860, by Munroe & Schaffer (1980) is the only recent revision in this large subfamily.

The subfamily is worldwide in distribution with an estimated 1400 described species and with probably an equal number as yet undescribed but known from collections. Most genera are in need of revision as the current classification is still basically that of Hampson from early this century. Common (1990) attributed 65 species to this subfamily from Australia, including some species which are now assigned to the Endotrichinae and Chrysauginae.

Common (1990) records the following host associations: Cardamyla carinentalis forming shelters between leaves of Pennantia cunninghamii; Ocrasa albidalis skeletonizing dead leaves of Eucalyptus; Pyralis farinalis as a pest of stored cereals. Gauna aegusalis burrows in Uromycladium galls on Acacia decurrens and other wattles.

Apart from the genitalic characters, most Pyralinae are easily distinguished by Sc+R approximated to but not fused with Rs in the hindwing. This is a character sometimes found in the Epipaschiinae, but they can be differentiated on wing marking, development of labial palpi and antennal features.

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. 1990. Moths of Australia. Carlton : Melbourne University Press vi+535 pp., 32 pls.

Munroe, E.G. & Shaffer, M. 1980. A revision of Vitessidia Rothschild & Jordan and Vitessa Moore (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 39: 241-360

Shaffer, M., Nielsen, E.S. & Horak, M. 1996. Pyraloidea. pp. 164-199 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM.

Walker, F. 1859. Pyralides. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 17: 254-508

 

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Tribe Pyralini

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Genus Aglossa Latreille, 1796

 

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Species Aglossa caprealis (Hübner, 1809)

 

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Species Aglossa pinguinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

 

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Genus Amphiderita Turner, 1925

 

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Species Amphiderita pyrospila Turner, 1925

 

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Genus Arescoptera Turner, 1911

 

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Species Arescoptera haplocala (Turner, 1922)

 

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Species Arescoptera idiotypa Turner, 1911

 

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Genus Arippara Walker, 1863

 

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Species Arippara disticha (Turner, 1904)

 

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Genus Cardamyla Walker, 1859

 

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Species Cardamyla carinentalis Walker, 1859

 

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Species Cardamyla didymalis Walker, 1859

 

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Species Cardamyla eurycroca Turner, 1937

 

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Species Cardamyla hercophora (Meyrick, 1884)

 

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Genus Curena Walker, 1866

 

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Species Curena caustopa (Turner, 1905)

 

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Species Curena externalis Walker, 1866

 

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Genus Embryoglossa Warren, 1896

 

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Species Embryoglossa sp. A

 

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Genus Endosimilis Whalley, 1961

 

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Species Endosimilis stilbealis (Walker, 1859)

 

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Genus Endotricha Zeller, 1847

 

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Species Endotricha approximalis Snellen, 1895

 

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Species Endotricha chionocosma Turner, 1904

 

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Species Endotricha dispergens T.P. Lucas, 1891

 

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Species Endotricha euphiles Turner, 1932

 

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Species Endotricha hemicausta Turner, 1904

 

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Species Endotricha ignealis Guenée, 1854

 

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Species Endotricha lobibasalis Hampson, 1906

 

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Species Endotricha melanchroa Turner, 1911

 

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Note: the generation of this complete preview for PYRALINAE was cancelled at Endotricha melanchroa Turner, 1911 owing to the initation of another complete preview for PHREODRILIDAE Beddard, 1891. Only one complete preview may be executed at a time. Previews were generated for 33 of 90 taxa.