Biology:Diploschizia lanista

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Short description: Species of moth

Diploschizia lanista
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Genus: Diploschizia
Species:
D. lanista
Binomial name
Diploschizia lanista
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Glyphipteryx lanista Meyrick, 1918

Diploschizia lanista is a species of sedge moth in the genus Diploschizia. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in North America, including Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas [1] and Louisiana.

The length of the forewings is 2.7–4 mm. The forewings are grey fuscous in the basal two thirds, while the apical one third is dark fuscous. All markings have dark fuscous borders. The hindwings are fuscous. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to May and from July to September (in North Carolina), in April (in Louisiana) and in January, May, July, September, November and December (in Florida).[2]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5279971 entry