Diaphania elegans

Diaphania elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Diaphania
Species: D. elegans
Binomial name
Diaphania elegans
(Möschler, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Phacellura elegans Möschler, 1890

Diaphania elegans is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Möschler in 1890. It is found in Puerto Rico,[1] Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cuba, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico[2] and southern Texas.[3] It is also found in South America, where it has been recorded from Venezuela, Trinidad, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm for males and 12.5–15 mm for females. There is a brown costal band, as well as an external brown band on the forewings. There is also a translucent white area, with a light purple gloss and with a group of yellow scales on the anal margin. The hindwings have an external brown band.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on the flowers of Cucurbita maxima.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ BOLD Systems
  3. ↑ Bug Guide
  4. ↑ Systematics of black and white species of the genus Diaphania Hubner (1818) (Lepidoptera:Pyralidae:Pyraustinae)


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