The firefly species " Photinus pyralis " is the most familiar firefly species in the state.
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Most other species'caterpillars are leaf feeders; the extremely polyphagous larvae of " Pyralis manihotalis " have been reared from bat guano.
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One well-studied luciferase is that of the Photinini firefly " Photinus pyralis ", which has an optimum pH of 7.8.
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It is the type species of the genus " Pyralis ", and by extension of its entire tribe ( Pyralini ), subfamily ( Pyralinae ) and family.
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They are deemed to represent the lineage around the type species, the Meal Moth ( " Pyralis farinalis " ), a somewhat notorious pest of stored cereals and similar goods.
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The " Photuris " female may also lure a " Photinus pyralis " to be eaten to obtain spider-repellent steroids which Cornell researchers named " lucibufagins " in 1997.
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But its type species " Pyralis populana " is today placed in " Pammene ", and thus " Halonota " is a junior subjective synonym of the latter genus.
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The firefly is also the state insect of Tennessee, but in this case the specific species referred to ( if any ) may be " Photinus pyralis ", the most common species of firefly in North America.
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The " " Pyralis dorsana " " of H�bner and Treitschke was subsequently identified as the species described as " Tortrix lunulana " by I . Schifferm�ller in 1775, which thus is today " Grapholita lunulana ".
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The Meal Moth ( " Pyralis farinalis " ) and the Grease Moth ( " Aglossa pinguinalis " ) are pests of stored food products, in the case of the Grease Moth including fats ( which are also eaten by the adult moths ), and have been inadvertently spread almost world-wide by transport of such goods.
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