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Assara funerella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pyralidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Assara

Assara funerella is a species of snout moth in the genus Assara. It was described by Ragonot in 1901. It is found in Taiwan, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), China and Korea.

The wingspan is 12–13 mm for males and 16–18 mm for females. The forewings are pale brown, broadly suffused with ashy white. The hindwings are brownish white, but darker apically.

The larvae feed on Pinus thunbergii.

References

Assara funerella Wikipedia