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Pyralis
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Translingual
thumb|Pyralis centralis
Etymology
mul :bor la:pyralis<id:insect> 1
mul la pyralis a winged insect that was supposed to live in fire
Proper noun
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genus family Pyralidae certain snout moths
en mul 1975 A Review of Silk Production and Spinning Activities in Arthropoda L. Schulze; J. M. M. Brown Instead, the tubes contained caterpillars of a Pyralis species (Lepidoptera) (pl. 13: 1), and only one tube was built by a Drosochrus species.
Hypernyms
genus ; Pyralinae subfamily subfamily; Pyralini tribe tribe
Hyponyms
genus Pyralis farinalis species (meal moth) type species
References
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mul Pyraloid moths