Crambid Moth - Diaphania indica

''Diaphania indica'', the cucumber moth or cotton caterpillar, is a widespread but mainly Old World moth species. It belongs to the grass moth family, and therein to the large subfamily Spilomelinae. This moth occurs in many tropical and subtropical regions outside the Americas, though it is native to southern Asia; it is occasionally a significant pest of cucurbits and some other plants.

This species was originally described by William Wilson Saunders in 1851 under the misspelled name.. more