The genus of Pyralid (Crambid) moths to whichDiatraea lineolatabelongs is one of considerable size, containing fifty-one described species from the New World (Box, 1931, 1935a), and together with the Old World genusProceraswhich, according to Tarns (1942), should be regarded as distinct fromDiatraea, includes a fairly large number of major pests of cultivated grass crops in both hemispheres, the most notorious beingD. saccharalis(sugar-cane moth-borer).
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