Diathraustodes leucotrigona
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D. leucotrigona
Binomial name
Diathraustodes leucotrigona
Hampson, 1896

Diathraustodes leucotrigona is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896.[1] It is found in the Nilgiri Mountains of India[2] and Silhouette Island in the Seychelles.[3][4]

This species has a wingspan of 16 mm, it is fuscous, suffused with grey. The forewings have a triangular white patch on the costa beyond the middle.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Diathraustodes Hampson, 1896". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Diathraustodes leucotrigona (Hampson, 1896)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ Fryer, J. C. F. (1912). "The Lepidoptera of Seychelles and Aldabra, exclusive of the Orneodidae and Pterophoridae and of the Tortricina and Tineina". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. (2)15(Zool.)(1):1–28; pl. 1.
  5. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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