Phycita diaphana is a species of snout moth.[1] It is found in Portugal, Spain, Greece,[2] Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion,[3] Yemen, Western Sahara and Israel.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Phycita |
| Species: | P. diaphana
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| Phycita diaphana (Staudinger, 1870)
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Description edit
Biology edit
Phycita diaphana is a common, invasive pest of Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) throughout the Mediterranean region. In addition to R. communis, Ph. diaphana larvae are also found feeding on Populus euphranica Oliv. (Salicaceae) and Chrozophora tintoria (L.) (= verbascifolia (Willd.)) (Euphorbiaceae). Yelicones iranus (Fischer, 1963) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) has been reported as a parasitoid of caterpillars of Phycita diaphana in Israel.[4]
References edit
- ^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ www.afromoths.net
- ^ a b Quicke, D.L.J., Kuslitzky, W.S. & Butcher, B.A. 2018. First host record for Old World Yelicones (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) adds to evidence that they are strictly parasitoids of Pyralidae (Lepidoptera). Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (1): 33–40. Article
- ^ lepiforum.de
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