Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Diaphania costata (Fabricius, 1775)


Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Pyraustinae
Identification: Translucent white wings, and a gold line on the front edge of the forewing
Wing Span:
Life History:
Flight:
Caterpillar Hosts: Apocynaceae: Pest of confederate jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides), bluestar (Amsonia), and periwinkle (Vinca)
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Taxonomy Notes: Diaphania costata (Fabricius, 1775), prov. pl. in Hayden & Scholtens (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023), was previously transferred from the genus Stemorrhages to Diaphania in Munroe (1995), ZooKeys, 535: 32.
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