Diathraustodes leucotrigona

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D. leucotrigona
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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]

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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. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.