Psara obscuralis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Psara |
Species: | P. obscuralis |
Binomial name | |
Psara obscuralis (Lederer, 1863) | |
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Psara obscuralis, commonly known as the obscure psara moth, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maryland to Florida, west to Texas and Illinois. [1] In the south, the range extends to Central America, where it has been recorded from Mexico and Costa Rica.
The wingspan is about 23 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.
The larvae feed on Petiveria alliacea and Phytolacca americana . [2]
Konstantinos Kanaris, also anglicised as Constantine Kanaris or Canaris, was a Greek statesman, admiral, and a hero of the Greek War of Independence.
Psara is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Together with the small island of Antipsara it forms the municipality of Psara. It is part of the Chios regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The only town of the island and seat of the municipality is also called Psara.
Nikolaos Gyzis is considered one of Greece's most important 19th century painters. He was most famous for his work Eros and the Painter, his first genre painting. It was auctioned in May 2006 at Bonhams in London, being last exhibited in Greece in 1928. He was the major representative of the Munich School, the major 19th-century Greek art movement.
The Destruction of Psara was the killing of thousands of Greeks on the island of Psara by Ottoman troops during the Greek War of Independence in 1824.
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Filodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Achille Guenée in 1854.
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Psara is a Greek island in the Aegean sea.
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