Diptilon crassa

Diptilon crassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Diptilon
Species: D. crassa
Binomial name
Diptilon crassa
Zerny, 1912[1]
Synonyms
  • Diptilon crassum

Diptilon crassa is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Zerny in 1912. It is found in Colombia.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are hyaline 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 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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