Dysoptus tantalota

Dysoptus tantalota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arrhenophanidae
Genus: Dysoptus
Species: D. tantalota
Binomial name
Dysoptus tantalota
Meyrick, 1919

Dysoptus tantalota is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It probably occurs widely through the lowland rain forests of Amazonia. Currently it is known only from Guyana and southern Venezuela.

The length of the forewings is 4.1-6 mm for males. Adults are on wing from February to early March..

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