Diploschizia lanista

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Diploschizia lanista
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Genus: Diploschizia
Species:
D. lanista
Binomial name
Diploschizia lanista
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Glyphipteryx lanistaMeyrick, 1918

Diploschizia lanista is a species of sedge moth. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in North America, including Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas [1] and Louisiana.

The length of the forewings is 2.7–4 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to May and from July to September (in North Carolina), in April (in Louisiana) and in January, May, July, September, November and December (in Florida). [2]

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