Diaphania costata, the orange-shouldered sherbet moth or erroneously the white palpita moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Fabricius in 1775. It is frequently misidentified but may be widely dispersed in the Americas, perhaps only more recently in the southeastern US, with early records from Texas and Louisiana, possibly having been introduced accidentally, then range spreading in association with ornamental plants.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Orange-shouldered Sherbet Moth 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
- Palpita margaritacea
- Palpita vitrealis
- Palpita pratti
- Stemorrhages sericea
- Palpita nigropunctalis
- Palpita quadristigmalis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Diaphania
- Species
- Diaphania costata
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