Biology:Dioptis longipennis
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Short description: Species of moth
Dioptis longipennis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Dioptis |
Species: | D. longipennis
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Binomial name | |
Dioptis longipennis (Schaus, 1913)
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Dioptis longipennis is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by William Schaus in 1913. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua.
The larvae feed on Asterogyne, Calyptrogyne, Geonoma and Prestoea species.
References
- Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 321 (2): 1–676. doi:10.1206/321.1.
Wikidata ☰ Q5279452 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioptis longipennis.
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