Webworm-moth
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Diathrausta reconditalis
Recondite Webworm Moth
Diathrausta reconditalis is a small crambid moth first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It occurs across eastern and central North America, with records spanning from Ontario south to Florida and west to Arizona and Oklahoma. The species is characterized by dark wings with distinctive greenish iridescence and three white forewing spots. It is one of several webworm moths in the genus Diathrausta, a group whose larvae construct silk webbing on host plants.