About: Diaphania indica

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Diaphania indica, the cucumber moth or cotton caterpillar, is a widespread but mainly Old World moth species. It belongs to the grass moth family, and therein to the large subfamily Spilomelinae. This moth occurs in many tropical and subtropical regions outside the Americas, though it is native to southern Asia; it is occasionally a significant pest of cucurbits and some other plants.

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  • Diaphania indica, the cucumber moth or cotton caterpillar, is a widespread but mainly Old World moth species. It belongs to the grass moth family, and therein to the large subfamily Spilomelinae. This moth occurs in many tropical and subtropical regions outside the Americas, though it is native to southern Asia; it is occasionally a significant pest of cucurbits and some other plants. This species was originally described by William Wilson Saunders in 1851 under the misspelled name Eudioptes indica (properly:Eudioptis), using specimens from Java. His syntypes are in the Hope Entomological Collections of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. (en)
  • Diaphania indica is een vlinder (nachtvlinder) uit de familie van de grasmotten (Crambidae). Deze soort is voor het eerst beschreven in 1851 door .De spanwijdte van deze soort varieert van 24 tot 30 millimeter. (nl)
  • Diaphania indica é uma espécie de insetos lepidópteros, mais especificamente de traças, pertencente à família Crambidae. A autoridade científica da espécie é Saunders, tendo sido descrita no ano de 1851. Trata-se de uma espécie presente no território português. (pt)
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  • Adult female at Bannerghatta National Park (en)
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  • Numerous, see [[#Synonyms (en)
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  • Diaphania indica (en)
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  • Diaphania indica is een vlinder (nachtvlinder) uit de familie van de grasmotten (Crambidae). Deze soort is voor het eerst beschreven in 1851 door .De spanwijdte van deze soort varieert van 24 tot 30 millimeter. (nl)
  • Diaphania indica é uma espécie de insetos lepidópteros, mais especificamente de traças, pertencente à família Crambidae. A autoridade científica da espécie é Saunders, tendo sido descrita no ano de 1851. Trata-se de uma espécie presente no território português. (pt)
  • Diaphania indica, the cucumber moth or cotton caterpillar, is a widespread but mainly Old World moth species. It belongs to the grass moth family, and therein to the large subfamily Spilomelinae. This moth occurs in many tropical and subtropical regions outside the Americas, though it is native to southern Asia; it is occasionally a significant pest of cucurbits and some other plants. (en)
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  • Diaphania indica (en)
  • Diaphania indica (nl)
  • Diaphania indica (pt)
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