''Ocresia bisinualis'' is a species of
snout moth
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralida ...
, and the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
in the genus ''
Ocresia
''Ocresia'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot
Émile Louis Ragonot (12 October 1843 – 13 October 1895) was a French entomologist. In 1885, he became president of the ''Société entomologique de France''.
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It was described by
Ragonot in 1891. It is found in
Brazil
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References
Moths described in 1891
Chrysauginae
Taxa named by Émile Louis Ragonot
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