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Asarta aethiopella

(Asarta aethiopella)

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Description

Asarta aethiopella is a species of snout moth in the genus Asarta. It was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1837. It is found in France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Russia. The wingspan is 14–16 mm. Asarta is a genus of snout moths. It was erected by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848 and is known from Switzerland, Spain, India and Turkey.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pyralidae
Genus:Asarta
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