Diaphania exclusalis
| Diaphania exclusalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Diaphania |
| Species: | D. exclusalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Diaphania exclusalis (Walker, 1865) | |
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Diaphania exclusalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1865. It is found in Colombia,[1] Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico.[2]
The length of the forewings is 12.5–14 mm for males and 12.1–14 mm for females. The forewings are brown with an oval translucent band. The hindwings are brown with a quadrangle translucent band and with long hair-like curved scales on the anal margin.[3]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ BOLD Systems
- ↑ Systematics of black and white species of the genus Diaphania Hubner (1818) (Lepidoptera:Pyralidae:Pyraustinae)
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