''Assara'' is a
genus
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of small
moths
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belonging to the
snout moth 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 a ...
within the huge snout moth subfamily
Phycitinae.
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 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''
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Assara melanomita''
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Assara microdoxa''
* ''
Assara murasei''
* ''
Assara odontosema''
* ''
Assara pallidella''
* ''
Assara pinivora''
* ''
Assara proleuca''
* ''
Assara quadriguttella''
* ''
Assara semifictile''
* ''
Assara seminivale
''Assara seminivale'', the kernel grub or macadamia kernel grub, is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Assara''. It was described by Turner in 1904, and is known from Australia. There are also records for Sikkim, Tonkin, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and ...
'' (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
Moth genera
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