Diaphania mirabilis
Diaphania mirabilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Diaphania |
Species: | D. mirabilis |
Binomial name | |
Diaphania mirabilis (Druce, 1902) | |
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Diaphania mirabilis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Druce in 1902.[1] It is found in Guyana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The habitat consists of cloud forests.
The length of the forewings is 13-15 mm for males and 13.6-16 mm for females. The forewings are dark-brown with an intense purple gloss. There is a translucent, almost rectangular band of half the length of the hindwings.[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)