| Assara exiguella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Assara |
| Species: | A. exiguella |
| Binomial name | |
| Assara exiguella (Caradja, 1926)[1] |
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Assara exiguella is a species of snout moths in the genus Assara. It was described by Caradja in 1926, and is known from China and Japan.[1]
The larvae feed on chestnut.[2] They bore the fruit of their host plant. The species overwinters in fallen chestnut shells and trunks.[3]