''Assara murasei'' 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 Hiroshi Yamanaka in 2008 and originates from

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

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Moths described in 2008 Phycitini Moths of Japan {{Phycitini-stub