Donacaula dispersella

Donacaula dispersella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Donacaula
Species:	D. dispersella
Binomial name
	Donacaula dispersella; (Robinson, 1870)
Synonyms
	Schoenobius dispersellus Robinson, 1870; Donacaula dispersellus; Schoenobius melinellus dispersellus; Donacaula melinella dispersella;

Donacaula dispersella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Robinson in 1870.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia.

The length of the forewings is 17–28 mm. The forewings of the males are yellowish white, irrorated (sprinkled) with brown. The costal margin is tinged with brown scales. Female forewings vary from yellow to yellowish white. The area between the costa and discal cell is tinged with light brown scales from the base to the apex, intermixed with yellow or yellowish white scales. The hindwings are yellowish white, sometimes slightly irrorated with brown scales.[2]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
Martínez, Edda Lis (December 2010). A Revision of the New World Species of Donacaula Meyrick and a Phylogenetic Analysis of Related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) (PDF) (PhD). UMI Dissertation Publishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2013.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[2] Martínez, Edda Lis (December 2010). A Revision of the New World Species of Donacaula Meyrick and a Phylogenetic Analysis of Related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) (PDF) (PhD). UMI Dissertation Publishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2013.