Diaphania elegans

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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.

Diaphania elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm for males and 12.5–15 mm for females.

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

References

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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.