Dysoptus pentalobus

Dysoptus pentalobus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arrhenophanidae
Genus: Dysoptus
Species: D. pentalobus
Binomial name
Dysoptus pentalobus
Davis, 2003

Dysoptus pentalobus is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It is known only from the type locality in the Atlantic coastal forests of south-eastern Brazil.

The length of the forewings is about 4.8 mm for males. Adults are on wing in late January (based on one record).

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the Greek pente (five) and lobos (a rounded projection), in reference to the complex, five-lobed, saccular apex of the valva.

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