Dioptis phelina

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Dioptis phelina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Dioptis
Species:
D. phelina
Binomial name
Dioptis phelina
Synonyms
  • Tithraustes impletaWarren, 1900
  • Dioptis pandatesDruce, 1893

Dioptis phelina is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1874. It is endemic to the region of Bogota in Colombia.

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