Pyralidae

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Pyraloidea

Pyralidae (borers, leaf tiers, scavengers, leaf rollers, leaf miners)

5,921 approximate described species

Cosmopolitan

Wide range

Basally scaled proboscis; praecinctorium absent; tympanal case closed medially and opened anteriorly, tympanum and conjunctiva in the same plane (Kristensen 1999, Solis 2007).

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