Pickleworm Moth (Diaphania nitidalis)
Author's comments:
Movía el abdomen circularmente y siempre posaba en el envés de las hojas, en este caso de un ceibo. Leí que también le dicen polilla de las calabazas. Al parecer es una plaga agrícola en algunos lugares. Hay ancos cerca de donde la encontré.
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| RECORD | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum / Division: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Scientific name: | Diaphania nitidalis |
| English Name: | Pickleworm Moth |
| Spanish Name: | Barrenador del Pepino |
| Portuguese Name: | |
| Sex: | N/A |
| Life stage: | Adult |
| Registration date: | 14/03/2024 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Province / Department: | Buenos Aires |
| Location or protected area: | Pilar |
| Detailed location: | Cerca del cruce entre la ruta 25 y la 24 |
| Coordinates - Detailed location: | -34.530051, -58.860331 |
| Location accuracy: | Medium |
| Belonging: | Native |
| Condition: | Wild |
| Certainty: | Photographed |
| Reproduction information: | No |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | |
| Photography ID: | 575885 View Full Record |
| Publication date: | 03/14/2024 15:59:39 |
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