Diaphania fuscicaudalis

Diaphania fuscicaudalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1881.[1] It is found in Brazil and Ecuador.

Diaphania fuscicaudalis
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D. fuscicaudalis
Binomial name
Diaphania fuscicaudalis
(Möschler, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Eudioptis fuscicaudalis Möschler, 1881

The length of the forewings is 13.2–14 mm for males and 14.6 mm for females. There are dark-brown costal and external bands on the forewings and the wing disc is white with a light purple gloss and some yellowish scales in the anal margin. There is an external brown band on the hindwings.[2]

References

  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.


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