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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.

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Assara
Assara holophragma imago
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Assara
Walker, 1863
Type species
Assara albicostalis
Walker, 1863
Synonyms1

Cateremna Meyrick, 1882

Assara is a genus of small moths belonging to the snout moth family (Pyralidae).2 They are part of the tribe Phycitini within the huge snout moth subfamily Phycitinae.

Selected species

Species of Assara include:3

Footnotes

Footnotes

  1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2009)
  2. "Assara Walker, 1863". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.25.021. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  3. Clarke (1986), and see references in Savela (2009)
References

References

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