White-spotted Brown Moth
Diastictis ventralis (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
White-spotted Brown Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/6747
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Hodges #5255 
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Description

"Adults - Similar in external appearance to White-spotted Orange Moth, but with the antemedial spots absent, the outer cell-spot often absent, and the postmedial, submarginal, and subapical spots small or minute. Ground color varying from orange-yellow to olivaceous fuscous, but rarely as dark as in dark forms of argyralis and psudargyralis; clear orange-yellow specimens appear mainly in the southernmost parts of the range" (Munroe, 1956,via BugGuide).

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Diastictis ventralis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Diastictis
Species:
D. ventralis
Binomial name
Diastictis ventralis
(Grote and Robinson, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Botys ventralis Grote and Robinson, 1867

Diastictis ventralis, the white-spotted brown moth, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in eastern North America.[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults have been recorded feeding on flower nectar of Centaurea jacea.

Subspecies

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  • Diastictis ventralis ventralis (eastern North America)
  • Diastictis ventralis seamansi Munroe, 1956 (California)

References

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  1. ^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  2. ^ "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 2011-10-13.