Diacme mopsalis

Diacme mopsalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Diacme
Species: D. mopsalis
Binomial name
Diacme mopsalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Botys mopsalis Walker, 1859
  • Botys mettiusalis Walker, 1859
  • Botys togalis Lederer, 1863
  • Paratalanta griseicinctalis Hampson, 1913
  • Diacme griseicinctus Kimball, 1965

Diacme mopsalis, the mopsalis diacme moth, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1859. It is found in South America (including Venezuela), Central America, the Antilles (including Cuba, Jamaica, the Bahamas)[1] and the southern United States, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Florida, Oklahoma and Texas.

Adults have been recorded year round in Florida.

References

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.


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