Diaphania arguta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Diaphania
Species:
D. arguta
Binomial name
Diaphania arguta
(Lederer, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Phacellura arguta Lederer, 1863

Diaphania arguta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1863. It is found in Florida,[1] Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.

The length of the forewings is 7.5–9 mm for males and 8.5-9.3 mm for females. The forewings are brown with a light-purple gloss and a white light-purple oval band in the disc parallel to the external margin, with fine extensions at the base and apex. The hindwings have a transparent triangular area.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ Clavijo Albertos, Jose Alejandro (November 1990). Systematics of black and white species of the genus Diaphania Hubner (1818) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae) (PhD). McGill University.


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