Macropyralis
Genus of moths
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Macropyralis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1953. Its single species, Macropyralis gigantalis, described by the same author, is found in Mauritania.[2]
| Macropyralis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyralinae |
| Genus: | Macropyralis Amsel, 1953[1] |
| Species: | M. gigantalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Macropyralis gigantalis Amsel, 1953 | |
