Diptilon aurantiipes is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1911. It is found in Brazil.[1]
| Diptilon aurantiipes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Diptilon |
| Species: | D. aurantiipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Diptilon aurantiipes Rothschild, 1911
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The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are hyaline (glass like) with brown veins and margins and a yellow streak below the postmedial part of the costa. The hindwings are hyaline with pale brownish veins and margins.[2]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Diptilon aurantiipes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum
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