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<font color="#800000">'''''Diaphania hyalinata'''''</font> (Linnaeus) - (melonworm)
 
<font color="#800000">'''''Diaphania hyalinata'''''</font> (Linnaeus) - (melonworm)
  
The moth breeds on cucurbits in tropical America.
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The moth breeds on cucurbits in tropical and subtropical America. The larvae usually feed at the unnderside of the leaves, but can also attack fruits and stem when pupolations are high. Yield losses of up to 10% have been reported. Development from egg, through 5 larval stages to adult last around 4 weeks.
 
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|es=gusano de la auyama<br/>gusano barrenador del melón
 
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|fr=pyrale du melon
 
|pt=broca-das-cucurbitáceas
 
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[[Category:Diaphania (genus)]]
 
[[Category:Diaphania (genus)]]

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Diaphania hyalinata (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Mark Dreiling, Retired
Source: IPM Images
Diaphania hyalinata larva (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Alton N. Sparks, Jr., University of Georgia
Source: IPM Images

Diaphania hyalinata (Linnaeus) - (melonworm)

The moth breeds on cucurbits in tropical and subtropical America. The larvae usually feed at the unnderside of the leaves, but can also attack fruits and stem when pupolations are high. Yield losses of up to 10% have been reported. Development from egg, through 5 larval stages to adult last around 4 weeks.

Vernacular names
• English: melonworm
• Español: gusano de la auyama
gusano barrenador del melón
• Français: pyrale du melon
• Português: broca-das-cucurbitáceas