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Diaphania costata (Fabricius, 1775)
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Pyraustinae
Identification: Translucent white wings, and a gold line on the front edge of the forewing
Wing Span:
Life History:
Flight:
Caterpillar Hosts: Apocynaceae: Pest of confederate jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides), bluestar (Amsonia), and periwinkle (Vinca)
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Taxonomy Notes: Diaphania costata (Fabricius, 1775), prov. pl. in Hayden & Scholtens (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023), was previously transferred from the genus Stemorrhages to Diaphania in Munroe (1995), ZooKeys, 535: 32.
Alternate Scientific Names:
Stemorrhages costata
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 37 verified sightings
Observation date: Aug 29, 2025
Submitted by: Alison Davies
Region: Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Aug 29, 2025
Observation date: Aug 22, 2025
Submitted by: Cheri Pierce
Region: Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 23, 2025
Observation date: Jul 13, 2025
Submitted by: Alison Davies
Region: Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Jul 27, 2025
Observation date: Jun 24, 2025
Submitted by: alizard
Region: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 06, 2025
Observation date: Oct 04, 2024
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 05, 2024
Observation date: Sep 20, 2024
Submitted by: JamieLynn
Region: Aiken County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Sep 23, 2024
Observation date: Sep 08, 2024
Submitted by: Alison Davies
Region: Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Sep 09, 2024
Observation date: Aug 23, 2024
Submitted by: Alison Davies
Region: Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 24, 2024
Observation date: Aug 13, 2024
Submitted by: Ssimon77
Region: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 14, 2024
Observation date: Aug 11, 2024
Submitted by: Chip Gilbert
Region: Greenville County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Aug 13, 2024
Observation date: Jul 21, 2024
Submitted by: Alison Davies
Region: Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Jul 22, 2024
Observation date: Aug 23, 2023
Submitted by: Alison Davies
Region: Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Aug 23, 2023
Observation date: Aug 20, 2022
Submitted by: Niayre
Region: DeKalb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Aug 03, 2023
Observation date: Jun 25, 2016
Submitted by: Tim Norriss
Region: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Jan 26, 2023
Observation date: Oct 26, 2016
Submitted by: LLJohnson
Region: Dominican Republic
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Nov 22, 2022
Observation date: Aug 20, 2022
Submitted by: thoscole
Region: Cobb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Aug 22, 2022
Observation date: May 15, 2022
Submitted by: Niayre
Region: DeKalb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: May 31, 2022
Observation date: Sep 30, 2021
Submitted by: DharmaBum
Region: DeKalb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Nov 05, 2021
Observation date: Oct 01, 2020
Submitted by: Jess D
Region: Paulding County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Oct 10, 2020
Observation date: Sep 26, 2020
Submitted by: Shelley Rutkin
Region: Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 28, 2020
Observation date: Sep 07, 2019
Submitted by: Matt Norem
Region: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 15, 2019
Observation date: Sep 13, 2019
Submitted by: Moon
Region: Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 13, 2019
Observation date: Sep 05, 2018
Submitted by: Niayre
Region: DeKalb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Nov 21, 2018
Observation date: Aug 25, 2017
Submitted by: Niayre
Region: DeKalb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Sep 17, 2018
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