Diaphania gilvidorsis
| Diaphania gilvidorsis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Diaphania |
| Species: | D. gilvidorsis |
| Binomial name | |
| Diaphania gilvidorsis (E. Hering, 1906) | |
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Diaphania gilvidorsis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by E. Hering in 1906.[1] It is found in Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru.
The length of the forewings is 14-17 mm. The male forewings have brown costal and external bands that are darker than those on the hindwings. There is a translucent white area with some yellowish scale on the disc and numerous ones on the anal margin. There is a light brown external band on the hindwings, as well as a translucent white area with few yellowish scales.[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)
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