Diathrausta
Encyclopedia
Diathrausta is a genus
of moth
s of the Crambidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Crambidae
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of Lepidoptera . They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae taking up closely folded postures on grass-stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in...
family.
Species
- Diathrausta angustella Dyar, 1913
- Diathrausta cacalis Dyar, 1913
- Diathrausta cubanalis Dyar, 1913
- Diathrausta delicata (Warren, 1896)
- Diathrausta griseifusa Hampson, 1917
- Diathrausta harlequinalis Dyar, 1913
- Diathrausta leucographa Hampson, 1917
- Diathrausta lypera Tams, 1935
- Diathrausta minutalis (Druce, 1899)
- Diathrausta nerinalis (Walker, 1859)
- Diathrausta ochreipennis (Butler, 1886)
- Diathrausta picata (Butler, 1889)
- Diathrausta profundalis Lederer, 1863
- Diathrausta reconditalis (Walker, 1859)
- Diathrausta semilunalis Maes, 2006
- Diathrausta stagmatopa (Meyrick, 1933)
- Diathrausta yunquealis Schaus, 1940