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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Diasemiopsis |
| Species: | D. ramburialis
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| Diasemiopsis ramburialis | |
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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.[2]
The wingspan is 17–22 mm.[2] Adults are speckled grey or brown, with two broad ragged white lines across each wing.[3]
The larvae feed on the water fern species Azolla filiculoides.[4]
References
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory". Environment.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ a b "63.044 BF1403 Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834)". UKMoths. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (14 February 2016). "Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ 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. doi:10.3897/nl.39.6887.
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