Diastictis ventralis

Diastictis ventralis
Diastictis ventralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Diastictis
Species: D. ventralis
Binomial name
Diastictis ventralis
(Grote and Robinson, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Botys ventralis Grote and Robinson, 1867

The White-spotted Brown Moth (Diastictis ventralis) is a moth of the Crambidae family. 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

  • Diastictis ventralis ventralis (eastern North America)
  • Diastictis ventralis seamansi Munroe, 1956 (California)

References

  1. ^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fPages%2fReports%2fTaxonomyReport.aspx. Retrieved 2011-10-13. 
  2. ^ "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. http://bugguide.net/node/view/223111. Retrieved 2011-10-13. 
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