''Assara'' is a
genus
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of small
moths
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belonging to the
snout moth
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family (biology), family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian Taxonomic rank, superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Cramb ...
family
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(Pyralidae).
They are part of the
tribe
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Phycitini
The Phycitini are a tribe of moths of the family Pyralidae.
Genera
Some significant species are also listed.
* ''Abareia'' Whalley, 1970
* ''Acrobasis'' Zeller, 1839
* ''Addyme'' Walker, 1863
* ''Alberada'' Heinrich, 1939 (sometimes listed as a ...
within the huge snout moth subfamily
Phycitinae
The Phycitinae are a subfamily of snout moths (family (biology), family Pyralidae). Even though the Pyralidae subfamilies are all quite diverse, Phycitinae stand out even by standards of their family: with over 600 genera considered valid and mor ...
.
Selected species
Species
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of ''Assara'' include:
[Clarke (1986), and see references in Savela (2009)]
* ''
Assara albicostalis''
* ''
Assara aterpes''
* ''
Assara balanophorae''
* ''
Assara cataxutha''
* ''
Assara chionopleura
''Assara chionopleura'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Assara''. It is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continen ...
''
* ''
Assara conicolella''
* ''
Assara decipula'' Clarke, 1986
* ''
Assara exiguella''
* ''
Assara formosana''
* ''
Assara funerella''
* ''
Assara halmophila'' (Meyrick, 1929)
* ''
Assara holophragma''
* ''
Assara hoeneella''
* ''
Assara holophragma''
* ''
Assara incredibilis''
* ''
Assara inouei''
* ''
Assara ketjila'' Roesler & Küppers, 1981
* ''
Assara korbi'' (Caradja, 1910) (from China)
* ''
Assara leucarma''
* ''
Assara linjiangensis''
* ''
Assara melanomita''
* ''
Assara microdoxa''
* ''
Assara murasei''
* ''
Assara odontosema''
* ''
Assara pallidella''
* ''
Assara pinivora''
* ''
Assara proleuca''
* ''
Assara quadriguttella''
* ''
Assara semifictile''
* ''
Assara seminivale'' (from Australia)
* ''
Assara subarcuella''
* ''
Assara terebrella'' (Zincken, 1818) (from China)
* ''
Assara tuberculosa''
* ''
Assara tumidula''
* ''
Assara turciella''
Footnotes
References
* (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. ''Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology'' 416: 1-485
PDF fulltext (214 MB!)
* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Assara'' Version of 5 November 2004. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
* (2009): Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' &ndash
Version of 9 April 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
Phycitini
Pyralidae genera
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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