Diptilon hoffmannsi

Diptilon hoffmannsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Diptilon
Species: D. hoffmannsi
Binomial name
Diptilon hoffmannsi
Rothschild, 1911[1]

Diptilon hoffmannsi is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1911. It is found in Peru.

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are hyaline, with black-brown veins and margins and slight fulvous yellow streaks on the subcostal nervure and above the inner margin. The postmedial part of the costa is whitish. The hindwings are hyaline with black-brown veins and margins.[2]

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