Diastictis ventralis
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Diastictis |
Species: | D. ventralis
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Binomial name | |
Diastictis ventralis | |
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Diastictis ventralis, the white-spotted brown moth, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in eastern North America.[2]
The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults have been recorded feeding on flower nectar of Centaurea jacea.
Subspecies
[edit]- Diastictis ventralis ventralis (eastern North America)
- Diastictis ventralis seamansi Munroe, 1956 (California)
References
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- ^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 2011-10-13.