''Assara balanophorae'' 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 Sasaki and Tanaka, in 2004, and is known from
Japan
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.
References
Moths described in 2004
Phycitini
Moths of Japan
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