Diasemiopsis ramburialis

Diasemiopsis ramburialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Diasemiopsis
Species: D. ramburialis
Binomial name
Diasemiopsis ramburialis
(Duponchel, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hydrocampa ramburialis Duponchel, 1834
  • Isopteryx melaleucalis Walker, 1859
  • Diasemia reconditalis Walker, 1866
  • Diasemia leucophaealis Walker, 1866

Diasemiopsis ramburialis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It occurs in most of Europe and the tropics, including the Azores, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia.

The wingspan is 17–22 mm.[2] Adults are speckled grey or brown, with two broad ragged white lines across each wing.[3]

The larvae possibly feed on Brassica species.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Australian Faunal Directory". Environment.gov.au. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  2. ↑ "UKmoths". UKmoths. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  3. ↑ "lepidoptera.butterflyhouse". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse. 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  4. ↑ "microlepidoptera.nl". microlepidoptera.nl. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
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