Donacaula maximellus

Donacaula maximellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles H. Fernald in 1891.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Donacaula maximellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Donacaula
Species:
D. maximellus
Binomial name
Donacaula maximellus
(Fernald, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Schoenobius maximellus Fernald, 1891
  • Donacaula maximella

The length of the forewings is 32–58 mm. The forewings of the males are pale yellow, irrorated (sprinkled) with brown. The female forewings are yellow irrorated with brown. The hindwings are yellowish white irrorated with brown for males and yellowish white, irrorated with pale yellow for females.[2] Adults have been recorded year round.[3]

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Zizaniopsis miliacea.[4]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  2. Martínez, Edda Lis (December 2010). A Revision of the New World Species of Donacaula Meyrick and a Phylogenetic Analysis of Related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) (PDF) (PhD). UMI Dissertation Publishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2013.
  3. "800719.00 – 5324 – Donacaula maximellus – (Fernald, 1891)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  4. "Species Donacaula maximellus - Hodges#5324". BugGuide.Net. December 3, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2018.


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