Biology:Diathrausta picata
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Short description: Species of moth
| Diathrausta picata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Diathrausta |
| Species: | D. picata
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| Binomial name | |
| Diathrausta picata (Butler, 1889)
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Diathrausta picata is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1889.[1] It is found in the north-western Himalaya s[2] and Australia .
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The wings are grey, with small blackish dots. The forewings are crossed by a black stripe and there is a small pure white spot in the cell, followed by a blackish marking. There is a white band, broken in two and bounded by a white-edged undulated discal black line. The hindwings have a marking at the end of the cell, connected by a black line. There is a short irregular white band from the costa.[3]
References
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Diathrausta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum 7: 94
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Wikidata ☰ Q13588140 entry
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