Placosaris Explained

Placosaris is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Pyraustinae of the family Crambidae. It is placed in the tribe Pyraustini.^[1]

The genus currently comprises 25 species, which are exclusively distributed in the Indomalayan realm and New Guinea. A taxonomic revision from 1970 covers the species distributed in Temperate East Asia.^[2]

Species

Placosaris leucula species group:^[2]

• Placosaris callistalis (Hampson, 1896)
• Placosaris cricophora (West, 1931)
• Placosaris egerialis (Snellen, 1899)
• Placosaris galogalis Munroe & Mutuura, 1970
• Placosaris ingestalis (Snellen, 1899)
• Placosaris leucula Meyrick, 1897
• Placosaris triticalis Kenrick 1907
• Placosaris turiusalis (Walker, 1859)

Placosaris intensalis species group:^[2]

• Placosaris arjunoalis Munroe & Mutuura, 1970
• Placosaris auranticilialis (Caradja, 1925)
• Placosaris coorumba (Hampson, 1891)
• Placosaris dohertyi Munroe & Mutuura, 1970
• Placosaris intensalis (Swinhoe, 1894)
• Placosaris lindgreni Munroe & Mutuura, 1970
• Placosaris ochreipunctalis (Warren, 1896)
• Placosaris rubellalis (Caradja, 1925)
• Placosaris steelei Munroe & Mutuura, 1970
• Placosaris subfuscalis (Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933)
• Placosaris swanni Munroe & Mutuura, 1970
• Placosaris taiwanalis (Shibuya, 1928)
• Placosaris ustulalis (Hampson, 1896)

Unplaced in any species group:

• Placosaris apoalis Munroe & Mutuura, 1970
• Placosaris bornealis Munroe & Mutuura, 1970
• Placosaris perakalis Munroe & Mutuura, 1970
• Placosaris udealis Munroe & Mutuura, 1970

Notes and References

1. Mally . Richard . Hayden . James E. . Neinhuis . Christoph . Jordal . Bjarte H. . Nuss . Matthias . 2019 . The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology . Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny . 77 . 1 . 141–204 . 10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07 . 1863-7221 . 2020-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190704203551/http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/arthropodsystematics/asp_77_1/07_asp_77-1_mally_141-204.pdf . 2019-07-04 . dead .
2. Munroe. Eugene G.. Mutuura. Akira. 1970. Contributions to a study of the Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of Temperate East Asia X. The Canadian Entomologist. 102. 12. 1489–1507. 10.4039/Ent1021489-12.