Diasemiopsis ramburialis

Diasemiopsis ramburialis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Diasemiopsis
Species:	D. ramburialis
Binomial name
Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
List Hydrocampa ramburialis Duponchel, 1834 Isopteryx melaleucalis Walker, 1859 Diasemia reconditalis Walker, 1866 Diasemia leucophaealis Walker, 1866

Diasemiopsis ramburialis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It occurs in most of Europe and the tropics, including the Azores, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. It is scarce migrant in Britain.[2]

Description

The wingspan is 17–22 mm.[2][3]

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1834 and originally named Hydrocampa ramburialis.[4]

Hosts

The larvae have been shown to feed on the water fern species Azolla filiculoides.[5]

References

1. "Australian Faunal Directory". Environment.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
2. "63.044 BF1403 Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834)". UKMoths. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (14 February 2016). "Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
4. Godart, Jean Baptiste; Godart, Jean Baptiste; Duménil, Paul Chrétien Romain Constant; Genouville, E. R.; Duponchel, P.-A.-J.; Duponchel, Philogene Auguste Joseph; Genouville, E. R.; Vauthier, Antoine Charles (1831). Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères ou papillons de France. Vol. t.8:pt.2=t.5:pt.2 (1831) [Nocturnes]. Paris: Crevot.
5. Farahpour-Haghani, Atousa; Jalaeian, Mahdi; Landry, Bernard (2016). "Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel) (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l., Spilomelinae) in Iran: first record for the country and first host plant report on water fern (Azolla filiculoides Lam., Azollaceae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 39 (1): 1–11. doi:10.3897/nl.39.6887.