Diaphania indica ( Saunders, 1851 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 102

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15196550

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C42B-FFBC-62F6-FCE0FCB69E8B

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Diaphania indica ( Saunders, 1851 )
status

 

Diaphania indica ( Saunders, 1851) View in CoL

COMMON NAME(S): Cotton Caterpillar, Cucumber Moth, Exotic Pumpkin Caterpiilar Moth, Exotic Pumpkin Caterpillar Moth, Melon moth, Pumpkin caterpillar, Melonworm, Exotic pumpkin caterpillar or Melon-worm Moth.

SYNONYM(S): Geometra hyalinata Linnaeus, 1767 ; Eudioptis capensis Zeller, 1852 ; Phakellura gazorialis Guenée, 1854 ; Phakellura zygaenalis Guenée, 1854 ; Phakellura curcurbitalis Guenée, 1863 ; Glyphodes intermedialis Dognin, 1904 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Australia ( Queensland), Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Cook Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador ( Galápagos Islands), French Polynesia, Gambia, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Portugal, Réunion, Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, USA ( South Carolina), Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Chingola, in Copperbelt Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; EPPO 2020; Kopij 2014.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Crambidae

Genus

Diaphania

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