pyralis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pyrălis (-allis), ĭdis, f., = πυραλίς,

a winged insect that was supposed to live in fire , called also pyrausta = πυραύστης, or pyrota, Plin. 11, 36, 42, § 119; 10, 74, 95, § 204.