Diatraea

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Diatraea
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Diatraea crambidoides larva
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Chilonini
Genus: Diatraea
Guilding, 1828 [1]
Synonyms
  • CrambidiatraeaBox & Capps, 1955
  • DiaraetriaGrote, 1882
  • DiatraerupaSchaus, 1913
  • DiatreaGuilding, 1828
  • EodiatraeaBox, 1953
  • IestaDyar, 1909
  • TrinidadiaDyar & Heinrich, 1927
  • ZeadiatraeaBox, 1955

Diatraea is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-10.