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