Diatraea evanescens is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917.[1] It is found in the US states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
Diatraea evanescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Diatraea |
Species: | D. evanescens
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Binomial name | |
Diatraea evanescens Dyar, 1917
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The wingspan is about 18–20 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from March to September.[2]
The larvae feed on Paspalum larranagae.[3]
References
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Diatraea Guilding, 1828". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2017.