Diaphania infimalis
| Diaphania infimalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Diaphania |
| Species: | D. infimalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Diaphania infimalis (Guenée, 1854) | |
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Diaphania infimalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Guenée in 1854.[1] It is found in Florida, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, Venezuela and Bolivia.
The length of the forewings is 9-10 mm for males and 9-11 mm for females. The external brown band on the forewings is extended into the anal margin. The width of the costal and external brown bands is variable. The hindwing have a similar brown coloration and the width of the external band is also variable as on the forewings.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Melothria grendula.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Systematics of black and white species of the genus Diaphania Hubner (1818) (Lepidoptera:Pyralidae:Pyraustinae)
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