Mimasarta

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Mimasarta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Pyraustinae
Genus: Mimasarta
Ragonot, 1894 [1]
Species:
M. niveifascialis
Binomial name
Mimasarta niveifascialis
Ragonot, 1894
Synonyms
  • Mimasarta alaicalisCaradja, 1928

Mimasarta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Mimasarta niveifascialis, which is found in Central Asia. [2]

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mimasarta niveifascialis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 11, 2018.