Diasemia reticularis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is typically found in the tropics, but may range into Europe as far north as the North Sea region because of its migratory nature.
The wingspan is 18–22 mm. The adults can be encountered all year if considering the species' entire range, but in subtropical and temperate regions they are rare outside the warm months.
The larvae feed mainly on Cichorieae, such as Cichorium (chicories), Hieracium (hawkweeds) and Picris (oxtongues), but also on Plantago (plantain herbs). More unusually, they have been recorded[1] to feed on plant refuse and dry leaves.
As a result of its distinctive coloration and wing pattern the moth is occasionally referred to in France as chocolat marbré, or marbled chocolate moth.
Grabe, Albert (1942): "Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen". ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins27: 105-109. (in German)
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diasemia, reticularis, species, moth, family, crambidae, typically, found, tropics, range, into, europe, north, north, region, because, migratory, nature, adult, commanster, belgian, ardennes, junescientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphy. Diasemia reticularis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae It is typically found in the tropics but may range into Europe as far north as the North Sea region because of its migratory nature Diasemia reticularisAdult in Commanster Belgian Ardennes in JuneScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily CrambidaeGenus DiasemiaSpecies D reticularisBinomial nameDiasemia reticularis Linnaeus 1761 SynonymsPhalaena Pyralis reticularis Linnaeus 1761 Diasema litterata lapsus Diasemia litterata Scopoli 1763 Phalaena argentalis Fabricius 1781 Phalaena litterata Scopoli 1763 Phalaena literata Heinemann 1865 Phalaena litteralis Duponchel 1831 1834 Pyralis literalis Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775The wingspan is 18 22 mm The adults can be encountered all year if considering the species entire range but in subtropical and temperate regions they are rare outside the warm months The larvae feed mainly on Cichorieae such as Cichorium chicories Hieracium hawkweeds and Picris oxtongues but also on Plantago plantain herbs More unusually they have been recorded 1 to feed on plant refuse and dry leaves As a result of its distinctive coloration and wing pattern the moth is occasionally referred to in France as chocolat marbre or marbled chocolate moth Footnotes edit Grabe 1942 References editGrabe Albert 1942 Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen Vereins 27 105 109 in German External links edit nbsp Media related to Diasemia reticularis at Wikimedia Commons Lepidoptera of Belgium UKMoths This Nomophilini related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Diasemia reticularis amp oldid 1029182445, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
