Biology:Diaphania fuscicaudalis
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Diaphania |
| Species: | D. fuscicaudalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Diaphania fuscicaudalis (Möschler, 1881)
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Diaphania fuscicaudalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1881.[1] It is found in Brazil and Ecuador.
The length of the forewings is 13.2–14 mm for males and 14.6 mm for females. There are dark-brown costal and external bands on the forewings and the wing disc is white with a light purple gloss and some yellowish scales in the anal margin. There is an external brown band on the hindwings.[2]
References
- ↑ Nuss, M. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx.
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q18648791 entry
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