Diathraustodes leucotrigona
| Diathraustodes leucotrigona | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Acentropinae |
| Genus: | Diathraustodes |
| Species: | D. leucotrigona |
| Binomial name | |
| Diathraustodes leucotrigona Hampson, 1896 | |
Diathraustodes leucotrigona is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1896.[1] It is found in India (Nilgiris)[2] and the Seychelles (Silhouette).[3][4]
This species has a wingspan of 16 mm, it is fuscous, suffused with grey. The fore wings have a triangular white patch on the costa beyond the middle.[5]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Diathraustodes at funet.fi
- ↑
- ↑ Fryer, J. C. F. 1912. The Lepidoptera of Seychelles and Aldabra, exclusive of the Orneodidae and Pterophoridae and of the Tortricina and Tineina. - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2)15(Zool.)(1):1–28; pl. 1.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. 1896b. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Moths. - — 4:i–xviii, 1–595
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