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Definition of Genus Pyralis
1. Noun. Type genus of the Pyralidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Pyralidae, Family Pyralididae, Pyralidae, Pyralididae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pyralis
Literary usage of Genus Pyralis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Pyralis contains the Meal-Moth, P. farina- lis, Harr., which expands
about one inch, the fore wings light brown, crossed by two curved white lines ..."
2. Handbook of Zoology by Jan van der Hoeven (1856)
"Tab. xxiv. 4c. Aglossa LATR, Tongue inconspicuous. Habit and characters of the
preceding genus. (Species of genus Pyralis TREITSCHKE, Cram- bus FABR. ..."
3. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1829)
"From JM's account of the insects in question, I should suppose that they could
not even belong to the genus Pyralis at all, but rather to that of Tortrix or ..."
4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"The genus Pyralis contains the Meal-Moth, P. farina- lis, Harr., which expands
about one inch, the fore wings light brown, crossed by two curved white lines ..."
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