lepidoptera families from central africa

Families from Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo republic and Democratic republic of congo

Snout Moths

The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera. The latest review by Munroe & Solis, in Kristensen (1999) retains the Crambidae as a ...more ↓

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