Editing Pyralidae (section)

{{Short description|Family of moths}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Snout moths
| image = Pyralis farinalis01.jpg
| image_caption = Meal moth (''[[Pyralis farinalis]]'')
| taxon = Pyralidae
| authority = [[Pierre André Latreille|Latreille]], 1809<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=December 27, 2018 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/pyralidae/ |title=Pyralidae Latreille, 1809 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref>
| type_species = ''[[Pyralis farinalis]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[Lepidoptera in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
| subdivision = 
*[[Chrysauginae]]
*[[Epipaschiinae]]
*[[Galleriinae]]
*[[Phycitinae]]
*[[Pyralinae]]
| diversity = c. 6,150 species
}}
[[File:Sciota uvinella larva.jpg|thumb|''[[Sciota uvinella]]'', larva found on sweetgum]]

The '''Pyralidae''', commonly called '''pyralid moths''',<ref name=pyralidae>{{cite web |last=Bartlett |first=Troy |date=July 11, 2018 |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/108 |title=Family Pyralidae - Pyralid Moths |website=BugGuide |access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref> '''snout moths''' or '''grass moths''',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q |title=Pyralidae Snout Moths |website=Discover Life |access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref> are a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[Lepidoptera]] in the [[ditrysia]]n [[Taxonomic rank|superfamily]] [[Pyraloidea]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/7135 |title=Taxonomy - Pyralidae (snout moths) |website=UniProt |access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://insecta.pro/taxonomy/99 |title=Family Pyralidae |website=Insecta.pro |access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref> In many (particularly older) classifications, the [[grass moth]]s (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 [[Eugene G. Munroe]] and [[Maria Alma Solis]] retain the [[Crambidae]] as a full family of [[Pyraloidea]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Munroe |first1=Eugene |last2=Solis |first2=Maria Alma |year=1999 |chapter=The Pyraloidea |pages=233–256 |editor=N. P. Kristensen |title=Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography |series=Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Part 35 |publisher=[[Walter de Gruyter]]}}</ref>

The [[wingspan]]s for small and medium-sized species are usually between {{convert|9|and|37|mm|abbr=on}} with variable morphological features.<ref name=pyralidae /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lotts |first1=Kelly |last2=Naberhaus |first2=Thomas |name-list-style=amp |date=2017 |url=https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy/pyralidae |title=Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths) |website=Butterflies and Moths of North America |access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref>

It is a diverse group, with more than 6,000 species described worldwide, and more than 600 species in America north of Mexico, comprising the third largest moth family in North America. At least 42 species have been recorded from North Dakota in the subfamilies of Pyralidae.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndsu.edu/ndmoths/ndmoths/family/family_pyralidae.htm |title=Family Pyralidae: Pyralid snout moths |website=Moths of North Dakota |access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref>