Dysoptus pseudargus
Encyclopedia
Dysoptus pseudargus is a species of moth
in the Arrhenophanidae
family. It is known only from the lowland Amazonian Region of southern Peru
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The length of the forewings is 5-5.5 mm for males. Adults are on wing from September to November.
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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 lowland Amazonian Region of southern Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
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The length of the forewings is 5-5.5 mm for males. Adults are on wing from September to November.
Etymology
The specific name is derived from the Greek pseudos (fallacy, lie) and argos (white), in reference to the superficial similarity of this species to the more apomorphic Dysoptus argusDysoptus argus
Dysoptus argus is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It has a wide range in lowland wet forests of the Amazonian Region of northern South America from southern Venezuela and Guyana to Peru and Brazil....
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