Diaphania infimalis

Diaphania infimalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Diaphania
Species:	D. infimalis
Binomial name
	Diaphania infimalis; (Guenée, 1854)
Synonyms
	Phakellura infimalis Guenée, 1854; Glyphodes infimalis modialis Dyar, 1912; Diaphania modialis;

Diaphania infimalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854.[1] It is found in Florida, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, Venezuela and Bolivia.

The length of the forewings is 9–10 mm for males and 9–11 mm for females. The external brown band on the forewings is extended into the anal margin. The width of the costal and external brown bands is variable. The hindwing have a similar brown coloration and the width of the external band is also variable as on the forewings.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Melothria grendula.[2]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
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] Clavijo Albertos, Jose Alejandro (November 1990). Systematics of black and white species of the genus Diaphania Hubner (1818) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae) (PhD). McGill University.