Biology:Assara albicostalis
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Short description: Species of moth
| 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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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]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedGlobiz - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roesler, Ulrich (1966). "Die deutschen Arten des Homoeosoma-Ephestia-Komplexes (Lepidoptera, Phycitinae)" (in de). Miteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 56: 104-160. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/MittMuenchEntGes_056_0104-0160.pdf.
- ↑ Walker, Francis (1863). "Crambites & Tortricites". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 27: 1–286. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120180#page/9/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q4808426 entry
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