| Higher taxa: | Erebidae (family)/ Boletobiinae (subfamily)/ Boletobiini (tribe)/ Kara (genus)/ |
| Status: | Misapplied , the accepted name is Parascotia |
| Authorship: | Matsumura, 1925 |
| Citation: | Kara |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Kara sachalinensis Matsumura, 1925. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University 15(3): 160; pl. 8, fig. 13. By original designation. A junior homonym of Kara Strebel, 1910 [Mollusca]. Parascotia Hübner, 1825 is available for use as a subjective replacement name. Included by Poole (1989) as a junior synonym of Parascotia Hübner, 1825. |
| Publication: | Matsumura S. 1925a. An enumeration of the butterflies and moths from Saghalien, with descriptions of new species and subspecies. |
| Journal: | Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University |
| Volume: | 15 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pagination: | 160 |