Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Diatraea | |
Similar Diatraea, Diatraea saccharalis, Polydesma umbricola, Southwestern corn borer, Crambinae | ||
Diatraea lineolata, the Neotropical cornstalk borer, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1856. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, the Guianas, Cuba, the Bahamas and southern Texas.
The wingspan is about 28 mm.
The larvae feed on Zea mays.
References
Diatraea lineolata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA