Arsenaria wiltshirei
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Arsenaria wiltshirei is a species of snout moths
in the genus Arsenaria
. It was described by Amsel in 1949, and is known from Iraq
.
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...
in the genus Arsenaria
Arsenaria (moth)
Arsenaria is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Ragonot, in 1891, and is known from Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Syria, and Iraq.-Species:* Arsenaria caidalis * Arsenaria dattinii...
. It was described by Amsel in 1949, and is known from Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
.