''Assara melanomita'' 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

Alfred Jefferis Turner Alfred Jefferis Turner (3 October 1861, in Canton – 29 December 1947, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) was a pediatrician and noted amateur entomologist. He was the son of missionary Frederick Storrs-Turner. He introduced the use of dip ...

in 1947 and is found in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

."''Assara'' Walker, 1863"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved June 20, 2017.

References

Moths described in 1947 Phycitini Moths of Australia {{Phycitini-stub