Diptilon crassa

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Diptilon crassa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Diptilon
Species:
D. crassa
Binomial name
Diptilon crassa
Zerny, 1912 [1]
Synonyms
  • Diptilon crassum

Diptilon crassa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Hans Zerny in 1912. It is found in Colombia.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are hyaline (glass like) with black-brown veins and margins and an orange streak on the base of the subcostal nervure. The inner area is black brown. The hindwings are hyaline with black-brown veins and margins. The inner area is black brown, slightly irrorated (sprinkled) with grey and the costal area and the cell (except for a streak in the lower extremity) are black brown. The costal edge is white. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Diptilon crassum". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .