Biology:Diaphania elegans
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Short description: Species of moth
| Diaphania elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Diaphania |
| Species: | D. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Diaphania elegans (Möschler, 1890)
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Diaphania elegans is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Heinrich Benno 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.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on the flowers of Cucurbita maxima.[4]
References
- ↑ Nuss, M. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx.
- ↑ BOLD Systems
- ↑ Heiman, Maury J. (October 12, 2016). "Species Diaphania elegans - Hodges#5207.1". http://bugguide.net/node/view/801611.
- ↑ Clavijo Albertos, Jose Alejandro (November 1990). Systematics of black and white species of the genus Diaphania Hubner (1818) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae) (PhD). McGill University.
Wikidata ☰ Q18648795 entry
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