''Diaphania beckeri'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family Crambidae. It was described by Jose A. Clavuo-A. and

Eugene G. Munroe Eugene Gordon Munroe (8 September 1919 – 31 May 2008) was a Canadian entomologist who discovered numerous species of insects. He worked for the Insect Systematics and Biological Control Unit, Entomology Division in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Munro ...

in 1996. It is found in

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and

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.Clavuo-A., Jose A. & Munroe, Eugene G. (1996)
"Una Nueva especie de Diaphania de America tropical"
''Tropical Lepidoptera''. 7 (2): 151-153.

References

Moths described in 1996 Diaphania {{Diaphania-stub