Dysoptus chiquitus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Psychidae |
Genus: | Dysoptus |
Species: | D. chiquitus |
Binomial name | |
Dysoptus chiquitus (Busck, 1914) | |
Synonyms | |
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Dysoptus chiquitus is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It is widespread in a large part of the Neotropical lowland wet forests, from Costa Rica south to Mato Grosso in southern Brazil.
The length of the forewings is 4.6-6.5 mm for males and 7-7.2 for females. Adults are probably active during most months of the year throughout their range. Records include January–March, May, August and September.
Tineoidea is the ditrysian superfamily of moths that includes clothes moths, bagworms and relatives. There are six families usually included within it, Eriocottidae, Arrhenophanidae, Lypusidae, Acrolophidae, Tineidae and Psychidae, whose relationships are currently uncertain.
Arrhenophaninae is a subfamily of moths in family Psychidae. It was once recognised as a family, but has been found deeply nested in Psychidae in phylogenetic studies.
Palaeophanes is a genus of moths in the family Arrhenophanidae.
Notiophanes is a genus of moths in the family Arrhenophanidae, consisting of only one species Notiophanes fuscata, which is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is only known from a single female specimen.
Cnissostages is a genus of moths in the family Arrhenophanidae.
Arrhenophanes is a genus of moths in the family Arrhenophanidae.
Dysoptus is a genus of moths in the family Arrhenophanidae.
Palaeophanes lativalva is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It is only known from the type locality, which is situated in a wet forested area in the central mountain range of Taiwan, at an elevation of about 1,400 m.
Palaeophanes brevispina is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It is only known from Brunei.
Palaeophanes xoutha is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It is only known from Malaysia.
Cnissostages oleagina is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae family. It has a wide range in the Neotropical Region from Sinaloa, Mexico to southern Brazil and Paraguay.
Dysoptus prolatus is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It is known only from the type locality and mostly from primary forests of La Selva, Costa Rica.
Dysoptus sparsimaculatus is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It is known only from three montane sites in northern Venezuela.
Dysoptus tantalota is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It probably occurs widely through the lowland Amazon rainforest. Currently it is known only from Guyana and southern Venezuela.
Dysoptus pentalobus is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It is known only from the type locality in the Atlantic coastal forests of south-eastern Brazil.
Dysoptus avittus is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It is known only from the type locality in southern Brazil.
Dysoptus asymmetrus is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It is known only from the type locality in southern Venezuela, but it almost certainly will be found elsewhere in the lowland Amazon rainforest.
Dysoptus acuminatus is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It is known only from the type locality in southern Venezuela, but it almost certainly will be found elsewhere in the lowland Amazon rainforest.
Dysoptus spilacris is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It is common in both primary and secondary forests in La Selva, Costa Rica. It also has been found in the adjacent Braulio Carrillo National Park and in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
Dysoptus argus is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It has a wide range in lowland wet forests of the Amazonian Region of northern South America from southern Venezuela and Guyana to Peru and Brazil.