Black-dot Diatraea

Diatraea evanescens is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917. It is found in the US states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Black-dot Diatraea being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Eoreuma densellus
• Chilo luteellus
• Diatraea lisetta
• Chilo phragmitella
• Pseudobissetia terrestrellus
• Ematheudes punctella

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Crambidae

Genus

Diatraea

Species

Diatraea evanescens

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