Dioptis trailii

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Dioptis trailii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Dioptis
Species:
D. trailii
Binomial name
Dioptis trailii
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Hyrmina trailiiButler, 1877

Dioptis trailii is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It occurs at localities throughout the upper Amazon basin of Brazil and Peru, and is known from at least one locality in central Venezuela.

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