Diasemiopsis ramburialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Diasemiopsis
Species:
D. ramburialis
Binomial name
Diasemiopsis ramburialis
(Duponchel, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
List
    • Hydrocampa ramburialis Duponchel, 1834
    • Isopteryx melaleucalis Walker, 1859
    • Diasemia reconditalis Walker, 1866
    • Diasemia leucophaealis Walker, 1866

Diasemiopsis ramburialis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It occurs in most of Europe and the tropics, including the Azores, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. It is scarce migrant in Britain.[2]

The wingspan is 17–22 mm.[2] Adults are speckled grey or brown, with two broad ragged white lines across each wing.[3]

The larvae feed on the water fern species Azolla filiculoides.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Australian Faunal Directory". Environment.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  2. 1 2 "63.044 BF1403 Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834)". UKMoths. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (14 February 2016). "Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Farahpour-Haghani, Atousa; Jalaeian, Mahdi; Landry, Bernard (2016). "Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel) (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l., Spilomelinae) in Iran: first record for the country and first host plant report on water fern (Azolla filiculoides Lam., Azollaceae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 39 (1): 1–11. doi:10.3897/nl.39.6887.



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