Placosaris egerialis

Placosaris egerialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Pyraustinae
Genus:	Placosaris
Species:	P. egerialis
Binomial name
	Placosaris egerialis; (Snellen, 1899)
Synonyms
	Xanthelectris beatrix Meyrick, 1938;

Placosaris egerialis is a snout moth in the subfamily Pyraustinae of the family Crambidae. It was described by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1899 based on specimens collected on Java.^[1]

The species was transferred to Placosaris in 1970 and placed in the Placosaris leucula species group.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
^ ^a ^b 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. doi:10.4039/Ent1021489-12.

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