Diaphania hyalinata

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Melonworm moth
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Larva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Diaphania
Species:
D. hyalinata
Binomial name
Diaphania hyalinata
Synonyms
  • Glyphodes niveocilia Pyralis lucernalis
  • Phalaena Geometra hyalina
  • Guenée, 1854 Hübner, 1796
  • Pyralis zapillitalis Phalaena Pyralis marginalis
  • Weyenbergh, 1873 Hampson, 1898
  • Phakellura hyalinatalis Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781
  • Weyenbergh, 1873 Pyralis sapillitalis

Diaphania hyalinata, the melonworm moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in eastern North America,[2] south to Central and South America, including Suriname and the Caribbean.[3]

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Damage
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Pupa of Diaphania hyalinata on a squash leaf

The wingspan is 27–30 mm. Adults are on wing from October to November in the northern part of the range and all year round in multiple generations in Florida and further south.

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