Diaphania elegans

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
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. There is a brown costal band, as well as an external brown band on the forewings. There is also a translucent white area, with a light purple gloss and with a group of yellow scales on the anal margin. The hindwings have an external brown band.

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

References
  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.


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