Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1833)

Kravchenko, Vasiliy D., Poltavsky, Alexander, Segerer, Andreas, Speidel, Wolfgang & Müller, Günter C., 2020, An annotated checklist of the Crambidae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) of Israel, with remarks on their distribution and phenology, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 50 (1), pp. 85-129 : 116-117

125. Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1833) *

Records: German–Israeli project. New to Israel.

General distribution: Cosmopolitan.Widespread in sub­Saharan Africa, South and Central Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, India, Central America, Australia and Polynesia.

Distribution in Israel: All over country. In desert concentrates in oases.

Period of flight in Israel: May–October.

Host plants: Various Brassica ( Brassicaceae ) species. A potential biocontrol agent for the water fern Azolla filiculoides ( Salviniaceae ) ( Farahpour­Haghani et al. 2016).