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Dicymolomia metalophota

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(Redirected from Bifalculina argentipunctalis) Species of moth

Dicymolomia metalophota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Dicymolomia
Species: D. metalophota
Binomial name
Dicymolomia metalophota
(Hampson, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Ambia metalophota Hampson, 1897
  • Bifalculina argentipunctalis Amsel, 1956
  • Lipocosma consortalis Dyar, 1914

Dicymolomia metalophota is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1897. It is found in the south-eastern United States (Florida, South Carolina, Texas) and Guatemala south-east to Venezuela. It is also present in the Caribbean.

Adults have been recorded on wing year round.

The larvae possibly feed on Cajanus cajan.

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
  3. Solis, M. Alma; Adamski, David (1998). "Review of the Costa Rican Glaphyriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae)" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 106 (1): 1–55.
Taxon identifiers
Dicymolomia metalophota


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