Taxonomic Information
Pyralis Linnaeus, 1758 species known from India and Sri Lanka:
Pyralis elongalis (Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844). India: Himalaya, Uttarakhand (Mussoorie), Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala), Central India.
Pyralis fumipennis Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala), Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand.
Pyralis funebralis Warren, 1895. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Pyralis janiusalis Walker, 1859. Sri Lanka.
Pyralis manihotalis Guenée, 1854 – Tropical Tabby; Tropical Meal Moth. India; Sri Lanka.
Pyralis monostoechalis Warren, 1891. India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala).
Pyralis oenalis Hampson, 1906. Sri Lanka.
Pyralis palesalis Walker, 1859. Sri Lanka.
Pyralis phycidalis Guenée, 1854. India: Central India.
Pyralis pictalis (Curtis, 1834). India; Sri Lanka.
Pyralis platymitris Butler, 1883. India: Himachal Pradesh (Solan).
Pyralis prepialis Hampson, 1903. India: Sikkim.
Pyralis princeps Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala).
Pyralis proximalis Walker, 1862. India.
Pyralis ravolalis Walker, 1859. Sri Lanka.
Pyralis rectisectalis Warren, 1896. India: Kerala (Peermade).
Pyralis subresectalis (Snellen, 1890). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya.
Pyralis trifascialis Moore, 1877. India: Port Blair, S. Andamans.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Asopia subresectalis Snellen, 1890. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, pg. 565. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50993#page/601/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg. 152, # 4529. Listed as Pyralis subresectalis.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 169. Listed as Peucela subrectalis.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/927116764299160/posts/1479533715724126 for discussion on this species. Lepindex & http://globiz.pyraloidea.org [accessed 21 July 2021] list genus as Pyralis, though the former states that M. Schaffer, 1995 transferred the species to Peucela Ragonot, 1891.
Revised genus from Peucela to Pyralis based on Globiz (http://globiz.pyraloidea.org) on 13 April 2025 (SS).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pyralis subresectalis (Snellen, 1890) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/pyralis-subresectalis, accessed 2025/11/11.