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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Spilomelinae » Margaroniini » Diaphania » Diaphania lualis - Hodges#5208 (Diaphania lualis)

Species Diaphania lualis - Hodges#5208

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Diaphania lualis - Hodges #5208 - Diaphania lualis - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Spilomelinae
Tribe Margaroniini
Genus Diaphania
Species lualis (Diaphania lualis - Hodges#5208)
Hodges Number
5208
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Diaphania lualis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
Botys lualis Herrich-Schäffer, 1871
Numbers
There are nine Diaphania species listed for America, north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Range
Florida, southern Texas. (3), (4)
Cuba, Mexico.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
4.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 10 July, 2013 - 8:51am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 3:10pm

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