Ratasa

Ratasa is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1849. It contains only one species, Ratasa alienalis, described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1844, which is found in Russia.^[2][1]

Ratasa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Tribe:	Phycitini
Genus:	Ratasa Herrich-Schäffer, 1849[1]
Species:	R. alienalis
Binomial name
Ratasa alienalis (Eversmann, 1844)
Synonyms
Pyralis alienalis Eversmann, 1844 Pyralis noctualis Eversmann, 1842 (preocc.)