Pycnarmon diaphana

Pycnarmon diaphana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pycnarmon
Species: P. diaphana
Binomial name
Pycnarmon diaphana
(Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena Pyralis diaphana Cramer, 1777

Pycnarmon diaphana is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Cramer in 1777.[1] It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Equateur, Katanga, Bas Congo, West Kasai), Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Seychelles (Mahé, North), Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, India and Sri Lanka.

The larvae feed on Sideroxylon ferrugineum.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Afro Moths
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