Diaphania semaphoralis
| Diaphania semaphoralis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Diaphania |
| Species: | D. semaphoralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Diaphania semaphoralis (Dognin, 1903) | |
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Diaphania semaphoralis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Dognin in 1903.[1] It is found in Costa Rica, Colombia, Bolivia, French Guiana and Peru.
The length of the forewings is 13-16 mm and 15 mm for females. The forewings are dark-brown with a light purp1e gloss and a white transparent a1most triangular band. The hindwings have a white transparent band occupying three quarters of the wing.[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)