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)
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