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Dysoptus tantalota

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Dysoptus tantalota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Genus: Dysoptus
Species:
D. tantalota
Binomial name
Dysoptus tantalota
Meyrick, 1919

Dysoptus tantalota is a species of moth in the family Arrhenophanidae. It probably occurs widely through the lowland Amazon rainforest. Currently it is known only from Guyana and southern Venezuela.

The length of the forewings is 4.1–6 mm for males. Adults are on wing from February to early March..

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