Dysoptus anachoreta
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Dysoptus anachoreta is a species of moth
in the Arrhenophanidae
family. 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
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The length of the forewings is about 10.8 mm for males. Adults are on wing in May (based on one record).
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, 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
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
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The length of the forewings is about 10.8 mm for males. Adults are on wing in May (based on one record).