Diatraea crambidoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Diatraea |
Species: | D. crambidoides
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Binomial name | |
Diatraea crambidoides | |
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Diatraea crambidoides, the southern cornstalk borer moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1880. It is found in North America,[3] from Alabama and northern Florida to Ohio and Maryland. Its wingspan is 15–40 mm.
The larvae feed on Zea mays, Tripsacum dactyloides and Sorghum species.[4][5]