Ratasa

Ratasa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ratasa
Herrich-Schäffer, 1849[1]
Species: R. alienalis
Binomial name
Ratasa alienalis
(Eversmann, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Pyralis alienalis Eversmann, 1844
  • Pyralis noctualis Eversmann, 1842 (preocc.)

Ratasa is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Herrich-Schäffer in 1849. It contains only one species, Ratasa alienalis, which is found in Russia.[2][1]

References

  1. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  2. Fauna Europaea


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