46.3 Pyralinae

1	Proboscis absent 2

-	Proboscis present and well-developed 4


2 (1)	Larger species, 46.0mm. Forewing pale brown with one darker fascia at five-sixth *Macropyralis gigantalis*
	Alien. Forewing with weak discal spot; cilia reddish brown. Hindwing without markings. Abdomen stout and very long.
-	Smaller species, 22.0-40.0mm. Forewing brownish to dark greyish brown with two pale transverse fasciae 3


3 (2)	Generally smaller species, 22.0-27.0mm. Forewing reddish brown, glossy, with basal area darker than rest of wing. Hindwing whitish *Aglossa caprealis*
	Mid June to early September Forewing with transverse lines ochreous white, dark discal spot absent.
-	Generally larger species, 25.0-40.0mm. Forewing dark greyish brown with basal area not distinctly darker than rest of wing. Hindwing dark brown, hardly paler than forewing *A. pinguinalis*
	Mid May to early September. Forewing with first and second transverse lines slightly paler; with blackish brown discal spot.

4 (1)	Length labial palp about three times eye-diameter *Synaphe punctalis*
	18.0-24.0mm. Early June to early September. Male with distinctly broader forewing than female. Forewing reddish brown; first pale transverse line indistinct, dark edged distally, second transverse line broader, dark edged basally. Female pale ochreous.
-	Length labial palp less than two times eye-diameter 5


5 (4)	Fore- and hindwing with terminal transverse line and cilia yellow, the latter occasionally pale purplish red *Hypsopygia costalis*
	17.0-22.0mm. Mid May to Mid October. Forewing brownish violet, two transverse lines yellow, nearly straight, forming large spots at costa.
-	Fore- and hindwing with terminal transverse line and cilia coloured otherwise 6


6 (5)	Forewing uniformly brownish grey, unmarked except for two pale, nearly straight ochreous lines, broadening at costa and some minute yellow spots along median part of costa *Hypsopygia glaucinalis*
	21.0-32.0mm. Early June to early October.
-	Forewing not uniformly coloured, marked otherwise 7


7 (6)	Forewing with termen strongly notched below apex. Labial palpus with second segment porrect and thickly scaled, third segment obliquely upturned, naked and set on before apex of second *Diplopseustis perieresalis*
	15.0mm. Both Dutch specimens were taken in September. Alien. Forewing pale greyish ochreous irrorated dark brown towards costa and termen; two fine whitish irregular transverse lines.
-	Forewing with termen not notched below apex. Labial palpus upturned, sometimes slightly, third segment in line with second 8


8 (7)	Forewing with terminal cilia unicolorous whitish from vein 6 to near apex, rest of cilia with rather complicated pattern *Endotricha flammealis*
	17.0-22.0mm. Late June to early September. Forewing ochreous, basal and terminal area suffused reddish purple, irrorated blackish; two fine, whitish transverse lines.
-	Forewing with terminal cilia not with unicolorous whitish part below apex 9


9 (8)	Hindwing with basal area blackish, distinctly darker than rest of wing *Pyralis pictalis*
	15.0-34.0mm, female larger than male. The only Dutch specimen was observed in August. Forewing with basal area blackish, pale brown between first and second transverse lines, dark brown in terminal area; both transverse lines fine, white.
-	Hindwing with basal area concolorous with rest of wing *P. farinalis*
	20.0-32.0mm. Late May to mid October. Forewing with basal area purplish brown, between first and second transverse lines ochreous and distal to second transverse line also purplish brown; two white transverse lines.