Diaphania nigricilialis
Diaphania nigricilialis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Diaphania |
Species: | D. nigricilialis |
Binomial name | |
Diaphania nigricilialis (Schaus, 1912) | |
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Diaphania nigricilialis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1912.[1] It is found in Costa Rica, Colombia and Venezuela.
The length of the forewings is 12-15 mm. There are broad dark-brown costal and external bands on the forewings, as well as a transparent white area with a purple gloss. There is a broad external dark-brown band on 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)