Diaphania argealis
| Diaphania argealis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Diaphania |
| Species: | D. argealis |
| Binomial name | |
| Diaphania argealis (Walker, 1859) | |
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Diaphania argealis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1859. It is found in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador,[1] Venezuela and Costa Rica. The habitat consists of rain forests.
The length of the forewings is 11.5–13 mm for males and 11.5-12.3 mm for females. The costal band is very dark-brown. There is yellowish on the terminal edge of both the fore-wing and hindwings. The rest of the wing is white.[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)