Dioptis meon

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Dioptis meon
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Dioptis
Species:
D. meon
Binomial name
Dioptis meon
(Cramer, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx meonCramer, 1775
  • Dioptis beroeaMoschler, 1877

Dioptis meon is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found in Guyana and Suriname.

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