Pyralis

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Translingual[edit]

Pyralis centralis

Etymology[edit]

Latin pyralis (a winged insect that was supposed to live in fire)

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Pyralis f

  1. 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.

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