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Diaphania sp.
Small moth with partly transparent wings that are iridescent when it changes position. Family Crambidae.
Came to the parking lights of a shopping mall, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.
This pretty little moth is a pretty pestiferous little moth, with the larvae feeding on various plants of the Cucurbitae family including cucumber, bitter gourd, melon, cotton, jasmine, okra and sweet potato. It is also called a Flower-tailed moth because of the way it spreads it's "tail feathers" or Hair pencils. See pictures of the larva on the reference site.
Spotted on Sep 14, 2009
Submitted on May 30, 2013
4 Comments
Thank you Sinobug, I had no idea that it was a pest species.
Thank you Mona, one angel wing anyway :)
Lovely.. like an angel Moth..
Female Flower-tail or Cucumber Moth (Diaphania indica, Crambidae)