Diaphania arguta

Diaphania arguta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Diaphania
Species:	D. arguta
Binomial name
	Diaphania arguta; (Lederer, 1863)
Synonyms
	Phacellura arguta Lederer, 1863;

Diaphania arguta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1863. It is found in Florida,[1] Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.

The length of the forewings is 7.5–9 mm for males and 8.5-9.3 mm for females. The forewings are brown with a light-purple gloss and a white light-purple oval band in the disc parallel to the external margin, with fine extensions at the base and apex. The hindwings have a transparent triangular area.[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.