Placosaris egerialis

Placosaris egerialis is a snout moth in the subfamily Pyraustinae of the family Crambidae. It was described by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1899 based on specimens collected on Java.[1]

Placosaris egerialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Placosaris
Species:
P. egerialis
Binomial name
Placosaris egerialis
(Snellen, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
  • Xanthelectris beatrix Meyrick, 1938[2]

The species was transferred to Placosaris in 1970 and placed in the Placosaris leucula species group.[2]

References

  1. 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 (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  2. Munroe, Eugene G.; Mutuura, Akira (1970). "Contributions to a study of the Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of Temperate East Asia X". The Canadian Entomologist. 102 (12): 1489–1507. doi:10.4039/Ent1021489-12.


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