Diptilon halterata

Diptilon halterata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Diptilon
Species: D. halterata
Binomial name
Diptilon halterata
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Zygaena halterata Fabricius, 1775
  • Diptilon dieides Prittwitz, 1870

Diptilon halterata is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Fabricius in 1775. It is found in Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Parana).[1]

The forewings are hyaline with brown veins and margins and a slight orange streak below the costa and some yellow at the base of the inner margin. There is an oblique brown discoidal bar. The hindwings are hyaline with dark veins and termen. The inner margin is yellow.[2]

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