Assara albicostalis is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It has a wide distribution and has been recorded from India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Sabah, the Philippines, Taiwan, Sulawesi, Australia, Fiji, Tahiti, Samoa, Hawaii and the Marquesas. This is the type species of genus Assara.[1]
| Assara albicostalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Assara |
| Species: | A. albicostalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Assara albicostalis | |
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The forewings of this species are ferruginous, with a white costal stripe, a few minute blackish marks at the hind border and a cinereous, denticulated submarginal line. Wingspan approximately 9 lines / 19mm.[3]: 80
The wingspan is 12–20 mm. There are about three overlapping generations per year and a partial fourth. The larvae bore the pods of various stored products, including Garuga pinnata.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2023). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ a b Roesler, Ulrich (1966). "Die deutschen Arten des Homoeosoma-Ephestia-Komplexes (Lepidoptera, Phycitinae)" (PDF). Miteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft (in German). 56: 104–160.
- ^ Walker, Francis (1863). "Crambites & Tortricites". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 27: 1–286.
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