Psara ferruginalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Max Saalmüller in 1880. It is found on Madagascar and Réunion.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Psara |
| Species: | P. ferruginalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Psara ferruginalis (Saalmüller, 1880)
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It has a wingspan of 20 mm.[2]
Host plants of this species are Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (Poaceae).[3]
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Psara ferruginalis (Saalmüller, 1880)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ Saalmüller, Max, 1892, Lepideptoren von Madagaskar - "Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft", page 507, ref.877
- ^ Guillermet, C. 2009a. Les Hétérocères, ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. Volume 3. Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae