Diaphania gilvidorsis

Diaphania gilvidorsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Diaphania
Species:	D. gilvidorsis
Binomial name
	Diaphania gilvidorsis; (E. Hering, 1906)
Synonyms
	Eudioptis gilvidorsis E. Hering, 1906; Diaphania gilvidorsalis Munroe, 1995;

Diaphania gilvidorsis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by E. Hering in 1906.^[1] It is found in Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru.

The length of the forewings is 14–17 mm. The male forewings have brown costal and external bands that are darker than those on the hindwings. There is a translucent white area with some yellowish scale on the disc and numerous ones on the anal margin. There is a light brown external band on the hindwings, as well as a translucent white area with few yellowish scales.^[2]

References[]

^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
^ 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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[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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