Psara pertentalis

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Psara pertentalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Psara
Species:
P. pertentalis
Binomial name
Psara pertentalis
(Möschler, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Botys pertentalisMöschler, 1890
  • Psara perpentalis
  • Pilocrocis portentalis

Psara pertentalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Puerto Rico [1] and Jamaica. [2]

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References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Moths of Jamaica