''Assara seminivale'', the kernel grub or macadamia kernel grub, is a species of snout moth in the genus ''

Assara ''Assara'' is a genus of small moths belonging to the snout moth family (Pyralidae). They are part of the tribe Phycitini within the huge snout moth subfamily Phycitinae. Selected species Species of ''Assara'' include:Clarke (1986), and see refe ...

''. It was described by Turner in 1904, and is known from

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. There are also records for Sikkim, Tonkin,

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

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and Borneo, but these need verification. The larvae feed on the nuts of '' Macadamia'' species (including '' Macadamia integrifolia''), the seeds of '' Mangifera indica'' and fruit of '' Heritiera littoralis''.

References

Moths described in 1904 Phycitini Moths of Australia {{Phycitini-stub