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Dysoptus anachoreta

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Dysoptus anachoreta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Genus: Dysoptus
Species:
D. anachoreta
Binomial name
Dysoptus anachoreta
(Bradley, 1951)
Synonyms
  • Ecpathophanes anachoreta Bradley, 1951

Dysoptus anachoreta is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It is known only from the type locality, Sierra del Libano (also known as El Libano), a dense subtropical forest and a spur of the Cuchilla San Lorenzo on the south-western Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Magdalena Province of Colombia.

The length of the forewings is about 10.8 mm for males. Adults are on wing in May (based on one record).

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