63.1171 BF1351  -  Crambidae -  Acentropinae - Parapoynx diminutalis - Hydrilla Leafcutter Moth - Snellen, 1880 Adult Micro:  CAT 3 - Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive - confusion with leaf mines       PDF Icon - click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon - click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Brown -  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant        orange - Migrant
Taxonomy:   Micro  >> . >>  Crambidae
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Other Name/s: Nymphula diminutalis ID Difficulty:  Red - difficult to identify - detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
ID pointers: A small “pug-like” crambid that is quite distinctively marked with cross-bands of sandy/ornage-brown and white, with a prominent discal spot.
Distribution:  (Last record: 04/12/1974 at Holloway )  -  An adventive that has naturalised in aquatic nurseries, accidentally introduced in aquatic plants imported from Singapore since 1977.
Incredibly a record exists from Holloway 12/4/1974 of a female specimen found in a house. (Harrison & Sterling; DaNES)
Flight Period: June /  July /  August /  September /  October /  -  Can be seen any time of year but peak seems to be May – October Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 3 April 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 13-19mm
Food Plant: Aquatic plants
Last Recorded Date: 04/12/1974
Last Recorded Year: 1974
Last Recorded By - DaNES
Last Recorded General Area - Holloway

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