Diplopseustis perieresalis

Diplopseustis perieresalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is widespread in the Oriental region, Australia and New Zealand, but was introduced to the Western Palaearctic realm, where it quickly expanded its range,[1] and where it is now found in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain,[2] Portugal and the Canary Islands. In the Afrotropics, a single female specimen has been collected in 1904 in Sudan.[3][4]

Diplopseustis perieresalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Diplopseustis
Species:
D. perieresalis
Binomial name
Diplopseustis perieresalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Ambia perieresalis Walker, 1859
  • Cymoriza minima Butler, 1881
  • Sufetula nana Warren, 1896

The wingspan is about 15 mm.[5]

The larvae very likely feed on some part of the New Zealand endemic sedge makura (Carex secta), based on observations in Central Otago.[6]

References
  1. Speidel, Wolfgang; van Nieukerken, Erik; Honey, Martin R.; Koster, Sjaak (2007). "The exotic pyraloid moth Diplopseustis perieresalis (Walker) expanding in the West Palaearctic Region (Crambidae: Spilomelinae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 29 (3/4): 185–192.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Warren, William; Rothschild, Walter (1905). "Lepidoptera from the Sudan". Novitates Zoologicae. 12: 21–33.
  4. Afro Moths
  5. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  6. Patrick, Brian (1994). "Antipodes Island Lepidoptera". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 24 (1): 91–116. doi:10.1080/03014223.1994.9517457.


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