Diasemiopsis ramburialis explained

Diasemiopsis ramburialis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It occurs in most of Europe and the tropics, including the Azores, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. It is scarce migrant in Britain.^[1]

Description

The wingspan is 17–22 mm.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1834 and originally named Hydrocampa ramburialis.^[3]

Hosts

The larvae have been shown to feed on the water fern species Azolla filiculoides.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 63.044 BF1403 Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834). UKMoths . 7 April 2018.
2. Web site: Herbison-Evans . Don . Crossley . Stella . amp . 14 February 2016 . Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834) . Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths . 7 April 2018.
3. Book: Godart, Jean Baptiste . Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères ou papillons de France . Godart . Jean Baptiste . Duménil . Paul Chrétien Romain Constant . Genouville . E. R. . Duponchel . P.-A.-J. . Duponchel . Philogene Auguste Joseph . Genouville . E. R. . Vauthier . Antoine Charles . 1831 . Crevot . t.8:pt.2=t.5:pt.2 (1831) [Nocturnes] . Paris.
4. Farahpour-Haghani . Atousa . Jalaeian . Mahdi . Landry . Bernard . 2016 . Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel) (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l., Spilomelinae) in Iran: first record for the country and first host plant report on water fern (Azolla filiculoides Lam., Azollaceae) . Nota Lepidopterologica . 39 . 1 . 1–11 . 10.3897/nl.39.6887. free .