''Placosaris egerialis'' is a snout moth in the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Pyraustinae Pyraustinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,400 species; most of them tropical but some found in temperate regions including both North America and Europe. The Py ...

of the

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Crambidae. It was described by

Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen (30 August 1832 – 29 March 1911) was a Dutch entomologist. Pieter Snellen was a merchant in Rotterdam. He is not to be confused with Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven, another entomologist from Rotterdam ...

in 1899 based on specimens collected on

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. The species was transferred to ''

Placosaris ''Placosaris'' is a genus of Pyraloidea, snout moths in the subfamily Pyraustinae of the family (biology), family Crambidae. It is placed in the tribe (biology), tribe Pyraustini. The genus currently comprises 25 species, which are exclusively d ...

'' in 1970 and placed in the ''Placosaris leucula'' species group.

References

Moths described in 1899 Pyraustinae {{Pyraustinae-stub