Diaphania plumbidorsalis
Diaphania plumbidorsalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Diaphania |
Species: | D. plumbidorsalis |
Binomial name | |
Diaphania plumbidorsalis (Guenée, 1854) | |
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Diaphania plumbidorsalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Guenée in 1854.[1] It is found in Mexico, Venezuela, French Guiana, Surinam, Bolivia, Peru and Brazil.
The length of the forewings is 11-14 mm. The fore- and hindwings have a translucent white area with a purp1e gloss.[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)