Assara

Qi, Mu-Jie, Han, Hui-Lin, Park, Bo-Sun & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2014, Taxonomic study of the genus Assara Walker (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) in NE China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3814 (2), pp. 283-291 : 284

Key to the genus Assara species from NE China by female genitalia

1 Signum crescent-shaped................................................................................2

- Signum circular or oval, consisting of numerous sclerites...................................................... 3

2 Enlarged part of anterior ductus bursae about 2/5 length of ductus bursae, papillae anales with length same as width, corpus bursae about 5/6 length of ductus bursae...................................................... .. A. yanbianensis

- Enlarged part of anterior ductus bursae about 3/4 length of ductus bursae, papillae anales with length about 3 times as long as width, corpus bursae same length as ductus bursae..................................................... A. korbi

3 Signum consisting of coniform or pillar-shaped sclerites, corpus bursae same length as ductus bursae.......... A. hoeneella

- Signum consisting of triangular or scale-shaped sclerites, corpus bursae about 1/2 length of ductus bursae...... A. terebrella