Pycnarmon diaphana

Pycnarmon diaphana is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1777.[1] It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Equateur, Katanga, Bas Congo, West Kasai), Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Seychelles (Mahé, North), Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, India and Sri Lanka.

Pycnarmon diaphana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Pycnarmon
Species:
P. diaphana
Binomial name
Pycnarmon diaphana
(Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena Pyralis diaphana Cramer, 1777

The larvae feed on Sideroxylon ferrugineum.[2]

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Pycnarmon diaphana (Cramer, 1777)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 20, 2017.


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