Diaphania elegans

Diaphania elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Diaphania
Species:	D. elegans
Binomial name
	Diaphania elegans; (Möschler, 1890)
Synonyms
	Phacellura elegans Möschler, 1890;

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. There is a brown costal band, as well as an external brown band on the forewings. There is also a translucent white area, with a light purple gloss and with a group of yellow scales on the anal margin. The hindwings have an external brown band.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on the flowers of Cucurbita maxima.[4]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
BOLD Systems
Heiman, Maury J. (October 12, 2016). "Species Diaphania elegans - Hodges#5207.1". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
Clavijo Albertos, Jose Alejandro (November 1990). Systematics of black and white species of the genus Diaphania Hubner (1818) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae) (PhD). McGill University.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

[2] BOLD Systems

[3] Heiman, Maury J. (October 12, 2016). "Species Diaphania elegans - Hodges#5207.1". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.

[4] Clavijo Albertos, Jose Alejandro (November 1990). Systematics of black and white species of the genus Diaphania Hubner (1818) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae) (PhD). McGill University.