Dioptis charila

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Dioptis charila
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Dioptis
Species:
D. charila
Binomial name
Dioptis charila
H. Druce, 1893

Dioptis charila is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1893. It is found across northern South America and south into the Amazon basin, at least as far as Loreto, Peru.

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