Commotria Leucosparsalis
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''Commotria leucosparsalis'' is a species of
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 ...
in the genus ''
Commotria ''Commotria'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Carlos Berg in 1885."''Commotria'' Berg, 1885"
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''. It was described by
Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse Dr Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse, also known as Antonius Johannes Theodorus Janse and by other orthographic variations (19 April 1877 – 12 June 1970), was a pioneer of South African entomology who specialised in Lepidoptera. His multi-volum ...
in 1922. It is found in
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
.Janse, A. J. T. 1922. Some apparently new South African genera and species of the family Pyralidae. ''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London''. 1922(1–2):1–33.


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Endemic moths of South Africa Moths described in 1922 Anerastiini {{Anerastiini-stub