Diploschizia habecki is a species of sedge moth in the genus Diploschizia. It was described by John B. Heppner in 1981. It is found from southern Georgia to central Florida.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Glyphipterigidae |
Genus: | Diploschizia |
Species: | D. habecki
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Binomial name | |
Diploschizia habecki Heppner, 1981[1]
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The length of the forewings is 2.4-3.4 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to December.[2]
The larvae feed on Rhynchospora corniculata.
References
edit- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ^ John B. Heppner (1981) Revision of the New Genus Diploschizia (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae) for North America. Florida Entomologist. 64(2). pp. 309-336 and plates.
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