''Placosaris'' is a

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of snout moths in the

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Pyraustinae Pyraustinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes about 1,280 species Most of them tropical but some found in temperate regions including both North America and Europe. The Pyra ...

of the

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Crambidae Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...

. It is placed in the

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Pyraustini. The genus currently comprises 25 species, which are exclusively distributed in the

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and

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. A

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from 1970 covers the species distributed in Temperate East Asia.

Species

''Placosaris leucula'' species group: *'' Placosaris callistalis'' (Hampson, 1896) *'' Placosaris cricophora'' (West, 1931) *'' Placosaris egerialis'' (Snellen, 1899) *''

Placosaris galogalis ''Placosaris galogalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe and Akira Mutuura in 1970. It is found on Mindanao in the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Arc ...

'' Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 *'' Placosaris ingestalis'' (Snellen, 1899) *'' Placosaris leucula'' Meyrick, 1897 *'' Placosaris triticalis'' Kenrick 1907 *'' Placosaris turiusalis'' (Walker, 1859) ''Placosaris intensalis'' species group: *'' Placosaris arjunoalis'' Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 *'' Placosaris auranticilialis'' (Caradja, 1925) *'' Placosaris coorumba'' (Hampson, 1891) *'' Placosaris dohertyi'' Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 *'' Placosaris intensalis'' (Swinhoe, 1894) *'' Placosaris lindgreni'' Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 *'' Placosaris ochreipunctalis'' (Warren, 1896) *'' Placosaris rubellalis'' (Caradja, 1925) *'' Placosaris steelei'' Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 *'' Placosaris subfuscalis'' (Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933) *'' Placosaris swanni'' Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 *'' Placosaris taiwanalis'' (Shibuya, 1928) *'' Placosaris ustulalis'' (Hampson, 1896) Unplaced in any species group: *'' Placosaris apoalis'' Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 *'' Placosaris bornealis'' Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 *'' Placosaris perakalis'' Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 *''

Placosaris udealis ''Placosaris udealis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe and Akira Mutuura in 1970. It is found in Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas ...

'' Munroe & Mutuura, 1970

References

Pyraustinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Pyraustinae-stub