Species Diaphania hyalinata - Melonworm Moth - Hodges#5204

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Beautiful clear winged moth - Diaphania hyalinata

Very interesting moth - Diaphania hyalinata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea

Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)

Subfamily Pyraustinae

Tribe Spilomelini

Genus Diaphania

Species hyalinata (Melonworm Moth - Hodges#5204)

Hodges Number

5204

Size

Wingspan 2.7-3 cm

Identification

Wing pattern distinctive--see photos.

Range

Eastern North America, common in Florida, south. Also in neotropics.

Habitat

Fields, cultivated land

Season

October-November in north, all year in Florida

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on cucumber family plants: cucumber, melon, squash. Can be pests. Many generations (3?) in south, disperses northward in fall, does not persist there.

Print References

Covell, p. 401, plate 56 #18 (1)

Internet References

Univ. Florida

Univ. Florida--different version of above

Forestry Images

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths By Charles V. Covell

Contributed by Cotinis on 14 October, 2004 - 7:28am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban
Last updated 20 October, 2006 - 6:10pm

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