family Pyralidae

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family Pyralidae - bee moths; corn borers; flour moths

family Pyralididae, Pyralidae, Pyralididae

arthropod family - any of the arthropods

Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera - moths and butterflies

pyralid, pyralid moth - usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests

genus Pyralis, Pyralis - type genus of the Pyralidae

Galleria, genus Galleria - a genus of Pyralidae

genus Pyrausta, Pyrausta - moths whose larvae are corn borers

Anagasta, genus Anagasta - moth whose larvae are flour moths

Ephestia, genus Ephestia - small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products

Cadra, genus Cadra - a genus of Pyralidae

corn borer, Pyrausta nubilalis - larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize

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Bracon hebetor (Say.) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), is a cosmopolitan larval ectoparasitoid that utilizes several pests belonging to the family Pyralidae (Lepidoptera) as host (Fagundes et al., 2005; Shojaei et al., 2006; Yasodha and Natarajan, 2006; Desai et al., 2007; Kyoung et al., 2008; Mohapatra et al., 2008; Dweck et al., 2010).

Effect of Different Diet Concentrations on Longevity and Fecundity of Parasitic Wasp Bracon hebetor (Say.) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Insects consumed were from the following taxa: Order Hymenoptera, Families Formicidae and Apidae; Order Coleoptera, Family Scarabaeidae; Order Orthoptera, Family Gryllidae; Order Collembola; Order Lepidoptera, Family Pyralidae; and Order Diptera.

Seasonal trophic ecology of the white-ankled mouse, Peromyscus pectoralis (Rodentia: muridae) in central Texas