Biology:Placosaris egerialis

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of moth

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

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.[2]

The species was transferred to Placosaris in 1970 and placed in the Placosaris leucula species group.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 
  2. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GlobIZ

Wikidata ☰ {{{from}}} entry