Pyralis pictalis (Curtis, 1834)

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Higher taxa:	Pyralidae (family)/  Pyralinae (subfamily)/  Pyralini (tribe)/  Pyralis (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Curtis, 1834)
Citation:	Asopia pictalis
Original genus:	Asopia
Publication:	Curtis J. 1823–1940. British Entomology; being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland etc. Lepidoptera. Part. II.
Journal:	—
Volume:	6
Issue:
Pagination:	folio 503
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47894926

Pyralis pictalis (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL

Distribution note:

Oriental: India, Malaysia [Sarawak], Sri Lanka; Palaearctic: Netherlands, United Kingdom [Introduced].

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Pyralis pictalis (Curtis, 1834)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). page 209
Pyralis pictalis (Curtis, 1834)	Madagascar		page S. Pasquasy
Pyralis pictalis (Curtis, 1834)	Mali		Poltavsky A. N., Kravchenko V. D., Traore M. M., Traore S. F., Gergely P., Witt T. J., Sulak H., Beck R. H.-T., Junnila A., Revay E. E., Doumbia S., Beier J. C. & Müller G. C. 2018a. Biodiversity and seasonality of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) in the woody savannah belt in Mali. page 73
Pyralis pictalis (Curtis, 1834)	Réunion		Guillermet C. 2006b. Contribution à l'étude des Hétérocères de l'île de La Réunion : description de nouvelles espèces de Tortricidae Olethreutinae, Cryptophlebia colasi, Cryptophlebia destrumeli et Cryptophlebia gaetani et huit Hétérocères de première citation. page 71
Pyralis pictalis (Curtis, 1834)	United Arab Emirates		Asselbergs J. E. F. 2008. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Pyraloidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE Volume I. page 483
Pyralis pictalis (Curtis, 1834)	Yemen	Socotra	Rebel H. 1907a. Lepidopteren aus Südarabien und von der Insel Sokotra. page 110

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Pyralis pictalis (1)

Pyralis pictalis (2)

Pyralis pictalis (3)

Pyralis pictalis (4)

Pyralis pictalis (5)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Pyralis bractiatella (Walker, 1863)	(Walker, 1863)	species	Synonym	Myelois bractiatella
Pyralis elachia Butler, 1879	Butler, 1879	species	Synonym	Pyralis elachia
Pyralis pronoealis Walker, 1859	Walker, 1859	species	Synonym	Pyralis pronoealis
Pyralis proximalis Walker, 1862	Walker, 1862	species	Synonym	Pyralis proximalis
Pyralis suggeralis Walker, 1866	Walker, 1866	species	Synonym	Pyralis suggeralis