Dysoptus prolatus
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Dysoptus prolatus is a species of moth
in the Arrhenophanidae
family. It is known only from the type locality and mostly from primary forests of La Selva, Costa Rica
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The length of the forewings is 4-5.2 mm for males and about 7.8 mm for females. Adults are on wing in January, February, June, July and September.
The larvae feed on Phellinus gilvus
. They construct a Larval Case with a length of up to 17 mm and a maximum diameter of 2.2 mm. It is a firm, thin walled, cylindrical, dark gray tube irregularly covered with minute plant fragments.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the Arrhenophanidae
Arrhenophanidae
Arrhenophanidae is a family of moths in the Lepidoptera order.-Genera:* Arrhenophanes* Cnissostages* Dysoptus* Notiophanes* Palaeophanes...
family. It is known only from the type locality and mostly from primary forests of La Selva, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
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The length of the forewings is 4-5.2 mm for males and about 7.8 mm for females. Adults are on wing in January, February, June, July and September.
The larvae feed on Phellinus gilvus
Phellinus gilvus
Phellinus gilvus is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *...
. They construct a Larval Case with a length of up to 17 mm and a maximum diameter of 2.2 mm. It is a firm, thin walled, cylindrical, dark gray tube irregularly covered with minute plant fragments.