Diploschizia impigritella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Glyphipterigidae |
Genus: | Diploschizia |
Species: | D. impigritella
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Binomial name | |
Diploschizia impigritella (Clemens, 1862)
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Diploschizia impigritella, the yellow nutsedge moth or the five-barred glyphipterid moth, is a species of sedge moth in the genus Diploschizia. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1862. It is found in North America,[1] from Newfoundland to Florida, west to Texas and North Dakota. It has also been recorded from California.
The wingspan is 7–9 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from early May to early November.[3]
The larvae feed on Cyperus esculentus. They bore in the stems and leaf sheaths of their host plant.