Diaphania mirabilis

Diaphania mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Diaphania
Species:	D. mirabilis
Binomial name
	Diaphania mirabilis; (Druce, 1902)
Synonyms
	Glyphodes mirabilis Druce, 1902; Glyphodes decapitalis Dognin, 1903;

Diaphania mirabilis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1902.^[1] It is found in Guyana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The habitat consists of cloud forests.

The length of the forewings is 13–15 mm for males and 13.6–16 mm for females. The forewings are dark brown with an intense purple gloss. There is a translucent, almost rectangular band of half the length of the hindwings.^[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.