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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Plutellidae
36a0180 – 2366   Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
             Diamondback

© Charles Melton
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Synonymy: • Phalaena xylostella Linnaeus, 1758
• Plutella albovenosa Walsingham, 1907
• Plutella brassicella Fitch, 1856
• Gelechia cicerella Rondani, 1876
• Plutella continentalis Zagulajev, 1981
• Plutella cruciferarum Zeller, 1843
• Alucita dentella Fabricius, 1794
• Plutella dubiosella Beutenmόller, 1889
• Plutella karsholtella Baraniak, 2007
• Plutella limbipennella Clemens, 1860
• Cerostoma maculipennis Curtis, 1832
• Plutella megapterella Bentinck, 1934
• Plutella mollipedella Clemens, 1860
References
Plutella xylostella
© Machele White
Plutella xylostella
© Valerie G. Bugh
Plutella xylostella
© David Reed
Plutella xylostella
© John Davis
Plutella xylostella
CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
Plutella xylostella
14mm – © Jim Vargo
Plutella xylostella
14mm – © Jim Vargo

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