Diasemiopsis ramburialis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Diasemiopsis |
| Species: | D. ramburialis
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Diasemiopsis ramburialis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It occurs in most of Europe and the tropics, including the Azores, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. It is scarce migrant in Britain.[2]
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 17–22 mm.[2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1834 and originally named Hydrocampa ramburialis.[4]
Hosts
[edit]The larvae have been shown to feed on the water fern species Azolla filiculoides.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory". Environment.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ a b "63.044 BF1403 Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834)". UKMoths. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (14 February 2016). "Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ Godart, Jean Baptiste; Godart, Jean Baptiste; Duménil, Paul Chrétien Romain Constant; Genouville, E. R.; Duponchel, P.-A.-J.; Duponchel, Philogene Auguste Joseph; Genouville, E. R.; Vauthier, Antoine Charles (1831). Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères ou papillons de France. Vol. t.8:pt.2=t.5:pt.2 (1831) [Nocturnes]. Paris: Crevot.
- ^ Farahpour-Haghani, Atousa; Jalaeian, Mahdi; Landry, Bernard (2016). "Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel) (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l., Spilomelinae) in Iran: first record for the country and first host plant report on water fern (Azolla filiculoides Lam., Azollaceae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 39 (1): 1–11. doi:10.3897/nl.39.6887.