Assara albicostalis

Assara albicostalis is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It has a wide distribution and has been recorded from India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Sabah, the Philippines, Taiwan, Sulawesi, Australia, Fiji, Tahiti, Samoa, Hawaii and the Marquesas. This is the type species of genus Assara.^[1]

Assara albicostalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Assara
Species:	A. albicostalis
Binomial name
Assara albicostalis Walker, 1863[1]
Synonyms
Euzophera niveicostella Hampson, 1896[1][2] Hyphantidium subterebrellum Snellen, 1880[1][2]

The forewings of this species are ferruginous, with a white costal stripe, a few minute blackish marks at the hind border and a cinereous, denticulated submarginal line. Wingspan approximately 9 lines / 19mm.^[3]: 80

The wingspan is 12–20 mm. There are about three overlapping generations per year and a partial fourth. The larvae bore the pods of various stored products, including Garuga pinnata.