Assara funerella

Assara funerella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Assara
Species: A. funerella
Binomial name
Assara funerella
(Ragonot, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Hyphantidium funerellum Ragonot, 1901
  • Heterographis exigurella Caradja, 1926
  • Assara exigurella
  • Homoeosoma albocostella Inoue, 1959
  • Ephestia funerellum

Assara funerella is a species of snout moth in the genus Assara. It was described by Ragonot in 1901. It is found in Taiwan,[1] Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), China and Korea.[2]

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.

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