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Ratasa

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Ratasa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Phycitini
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 monotypic snout moth genus described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1849. It contains only one species, Ratasa alienalis, described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1844, which is found in Russia.[2][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2012). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea