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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) » Crambine Snout Moths (Crambinae) » Chilonini » Diatraea » Sugarcane borer moth - Hodges#5475 (Diatraea saccharalis)

Species Diatraea saccharalis - Sugarcane borer moth - Hodges#5475

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Possibly Diatraea saccharalis (no BG images though) - Diatraea saccharalis

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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 Crambinae (Crambine Snout Moths)

Tribe Chilonini

Genus Diatraea

Species saccharalis (Sugarcane borer moth - Hodges#5475)

Hodges Number

5475

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius, 1794)

Phalaena saccharalis Fabricius, 794

Phalaena sacchari Fabricius, 1798

Diatraea sacchari (Fabricius, 1798)

Chilo obliteratellus Zeller, 1863

Crambus leucaniellus Walker, 1863

Crambus lineosellus Walker, 1863

Diatraea brasiliensis Gorkum & Waal, 1913

Diatraea continens Dyar, 1911

Diatraea incomparella Dyar & Heinrich, 1927

Diatraea pedidocta Dyar, 1911

Diatraea saccharalis var. grenadensis Dyar, 1911

Range

Heppner (2003) reported the range to include South Carolina to Florida, Kansas to Texas; West Indies; Mexico to Brazil. (1)

Season

Heppner (2003) reported January, March to December in Florida. (1)

Food

Heppner (2003) listed the following host plants. (1)

Cortaderia selloana (Gramineae).

Cyperus papyrus

Oryza sativa

Pennisetum purpureum

Saccharum officinarum

Setaria palmifolia

Sorghum sp.

Tripsacum dactyloides

Zea mays [stem]

Remarks

Heppner (2003) reported this species was introduced to North America.

Considered invasive in this country (from Central and South America). (Capinera, John L. North American Vegetable Pests. The Pattern of Invasion. American Entomologist. Spring 2002)

Print References

Dyar, H.G. & C. Heinrich, 1927. The American moths of the genus Diatraea and allies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 71(2691): 11; figs. 1, 2, 54. (2)

Fabricius, 1799. Ent. Syst. 3(2): 239

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Florida Featured Creatures

Works Cited

1.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

2.	The American moths of the genus Diatraea and allies Harrison G. Dyar, Carl Heinrich. 1927. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 71(2691): 1-48.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 9:22pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 16 August, 2020 - 3:08pm

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