Placosaris leucula | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Placosaris |
Species: | P. leucula |
Binomial name | |
Placosaris leucula Meyrick, 1897 | |
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Placosaris leucula is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897. It is found in the Sangihe Islands of Indonesia and the island of Luzon in the Philippines. [1]
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