Diatraea mitteri
Appearance
Diatraea mitteri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Diatraea |
Species: | D. mitteri
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Binomial name | |
Diatraea mitteri Solis, 2015
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Diatraea mitteri is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Solis in 2015. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.[1]
The larvae feed on Tripsacum dactyloides.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ An illustrated guide to the identification of the known species of Diatraea Guilding (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Crambinae) based on genitalia
- ^ A New Cryptic Species of Diatraea (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) Feeding on Eastern Gama Grass and a Novel Host Association with a Braconid (Hymenoptera) in the United States