Diptilon crassa

Diptilon crassa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Hans Zerny in 1912. It is found in Colombia.

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

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are hyaline (glass like) 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 (sprinkled) 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]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Diptilon crassum". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum


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