''Diaphania costata'', the orange-shouldered sherbet moth or erroneously the white palpita moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by

Johan Christian Fabricius Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is cons ...

in 1794. It is widely dispersed, being found in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

, as well as Europe. It is also found in Mexico and Texas, possibly having been introduced accidentally. It is a small moth (less than 20 mm wingspan) with translucent white wings, and a gold line on the front edge of the forewing.

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"''Stemorrhages costata'' (Fabricius, 1794)"
''Insecta.pro''. Retrieved February 5, 2020. Moths described in 1794 Diaphania Moths of Asia {{Diaphania-stub