Dissoptila asphaltitis
| Dissoptila asphaltitis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dissoptila |
| Species: | D. asphaltitis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dissoptila asphaltitis Meyrick, 1914
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Dissoptila asphaltitis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana.[1]
The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are dark violet grey with a narrow ochreous-yellow fascia near the base, with projections outwards on the costa and in the disc, anteriorly blackish edged on the costa and with two blackish tufts rather obliquely placed in the disc about one-third. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 12, 2015). "Dissoptila asphaltitis Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 234.
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