Pickleworm Moth (Diaphania nitidalis)
This photograph corresponds to a record of Pickleworm Moth (Diaphania nitidalis) made in Cerca del cruce entre la ruta 25 y la 24, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina on 14/03/2024. The photograph was published by Andrés De Miguel and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
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
| 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 |
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| Photography ID: | 575885 View Full Record |
| Publication date: | 03/14/2024 15:59:39 |
