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Parapoynx diminutalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1880. It is endemic to south-east Asia, including the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales in Australia, but has since been found in the United Kingdom and the United States. It is also found in Africa, where it has been recorded from Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa, Botswana, Angola, the Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Madagascar.

Parapoynx diminutalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Parapoynx
Species:	P. diminutalis
Binomial name
Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen, 1880
Synonyms
Parapoynx dicentra Meyrick, 1885 Oligostigma pallida Butler, 1886 Nymphula uxorialis Strand, 1919

The wingspan is 11–14 mm for males and 16–23 mm for females. The forewings are white, suffused with fuscous. The hindwings are white with a fuscous Y-shaped median fascia.

The larvae feed on Hydrilla and Nymphaea species.[1]

References

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External links

• Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (24 May 2008). "Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen, 1880". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

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