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Phycita diaphana

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Phycita diaphana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Phycita
Species:
P. diaphana
Binomial name
Phycita diaphana
(Staudinger, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Nephopterix diaphana Staudinger, 1870

Phycita diaphana is a species of snout moth.[1] It is found in Portugal, Spain, Greece,[2] Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion,[3] Yemen, Western Sahara and Israel.[4]

Description

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The wingspan is 23–26 mm.[5]

Biology

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Phycita diaphana is a common, invasive pest of Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) throughout the Mediterranean region. In addition to R. communis, Ph. diaphana larvae are also found feeding on Populus euphranica Oliv. (Salicaceae) and Chrozophora tintoria (L.) (= verbascifolia (Willd.)) (Euphorbiaceae). Yelicones iranus (Fischer, 1963) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) has been reported as a parasitoid of caterpillars of Phycita diaphana in Israel.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ www.afromoths.net
  4. ^ a b Quicke, D.L.J., Kuslitzky, W.S. & Butcher, B.A. 2018. First host record for Old World Yelicones (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) adds to evidence that they are strictly parasitoids of Pyralidae (Lepidoptera). Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (1): 33–40. Article
  5. ^ lepiforum.de