Psara (moth)
Encyclopedia
Psara is a genus
of moth
s of the Crambidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Crambidae
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of Lepidoptera . They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae taking up closely folded postures on grass-stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in...
family.
Species
- Psara acrospila (Meyrick, 1886)
- Psara admensalis (Walker, 1859)
- Psara aprepia (Hampson, 1913)
- Psara atritermina (Hampson, 1913)
- Psara chathamalis (Schaus, 1923)
- Psara dorcalis (Guenée, 1862)
- Psara dryalis (Walker, 1859)
- Psara ferruginalis (Saalmüller, 1880)
- Psara glaucalis (Hampson, 1912)
- Psara guatalis Schaus, 1920
- Psara hesperialis
- Psara intermedialis (Amsel, 1956)
- Psara jasiusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Psara molestalis (Amsel, 1956)
- Psara mysticalis (Schaus, 1920)
- Psara normalis Hampson, 1918
- Psara obscuralis (Lederer, 1863)
- Psara orphnopeza J. F. G. Clarke, 1986
- Psara pallicaudalis Snellen, 1875
- Psara pallidalis Walker, 1859
- Psara palpalis Hampson, 1918
- Psara pargialis (Schaus, 1920)
- Psara pertentalis
- Psara prumnides (Druce, 1895)
- Psara subaurantialis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
- Psara subhyalinalis
- Psara subnitalis
- Psara venezuelensis (Amsel, 1956)