Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Diastictis | |
Diastictis argyralis, the white-spotted orange moth, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hübner in 1818. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
The wingspan is about 21 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in most of the range, but from March to December in Florida.
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