Diurnea

Diurnea is a genus of moths of the subfamily Chimabachinae. The genus is noted for sexual dimorphism, with the males fully winged and the females having reduced wings and incapable of flight. The larvae are polyphagous i.e. feeding on many plants, in this case deciduous shrubs and trees.^[1]

Diurnea
Diurnea fagella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lypusidae
Subfamily:	Chimabachinae
Genus:	Diurnea Haworth, 1811
Species
See text.

Species

The genus consists of the following species:

• Diurnea fagella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Diurnea lipsiella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)