''Ostrinia kasmirica'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family

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. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1888. It is found in Kashmir and

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Subspecies

*''Ostrinia kasmirica kasmirica'' (Kashmir) *''Ostrinia kasmirica eurasiatica'' Mutuura & Munroe, 1970 (Russia)

References

Moths described in 1888 Pyraustinae {{Pyraustinae-stub