Lepidoptera of the Royal Hills, NW Caddo Parish, LA

Lepidoptera photographed on my 153 acre farm East of Vivian, LA

Yellow Nutsedge Moth

Diploschizia impigritella, known commonly as the Yellow nutsedge moth or the Five-barred glyphipterid moth, is a species of sedge moths in the genus Diploschizia. It was described by Clemens in 1862. It is found in North America, from Newfoundland to Florida, west to Texas and North Dakota. It has also been recorded from California.

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