Image of Diaphania indica

Description:

Name of species- Diaphania indica Common Name- Cucumber Moth Family- Crambidae Photo taken on- 15 Aug,2015 At- 136,Nemi Nagar EXT,Jaipur,Rajasthan Description- The adult moths have transparent wings with broad dark brown borders. The moths have a wing span of about 3 cms. There is a tuft of brown hairs on the tip of the abdomen.The tuft on the end of the abdomen of the female is rather bushier than that of the male. Unfertilised females are quite amusing as they are inclined to keep wiggling this tuft in a figure of eight, presumably to better disperse a pheromone which they emit, in order to attract a male. The chemical nature of the pheromones has been identified.