Diaphania elegans is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890. It is found in Puerto Rico,[1] Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cuba, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico[2] and southern Texas.[3] It is also found in South America, where it has been recorded from Venezuela, Trinidad, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Diaphania |
| Species: | D. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Diaphania elegans (Möschler, 1890)
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The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm for males and 12.5–15 mm for females.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on the flowers of Cucurbita maxima.[4]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ BOLD Systems
- ^ Heiman, Maury J. (October 12, 2016). "Species Diaphania elegans - Hodges#5207.1". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- ^ Clavijo Albertos, Jose Alejandro (November 1990). Systematics of black and white species of the genus Diaphania Hubner (1818) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae) (PhD). McGill University.