Dysoptus
Encyclopedia
Dysoptus is a genus of moth
s in the Arrhenophanidae
family.
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...
s in the Arrhenophanidae
Arrhenophanidae
Arrhenophanidae is a family of moths in the Lepidoptera order.-Genera:* Arrhenophanes* Cnissostages* Dysoptus* Notiophanes* Palaeophanes...
family.
Species
- Dysoptus acuminatusDysoptus acuminatusDysoptus acuminatus is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It is known only from the type locality in southern Venezuela, but it almost certainly will be found elsewhere in the lowland rain forests of Amazonia....
Davis, 2003 - Dysoptus anachoretaDysoptus anachoretaDysoptus anachoreta is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It is known only from the type locality, Sierra del Libano , a dense subtropical forest and a spur of the Cuchilla San Lorenzo on the south-western Sierra...
(Bradley, 1951) - Dysoptus argusDysoptus argusDysoptus 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....
Davis, 2003 - Dysoptus asymmetrusDysoptus asymmetrusDysoptus asymmetrus is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It is known only from the type locality in southern Venezuela, but it almost certainly will be found elsewhere in the lowland rain forests of Amazonia....
Davis, 2003 - Dysoptus avittusDysoptus avittusDysoptus avittus is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It is known only from the type locality in southern Brazil.The length of the forewings is about 6 mm for males...
Davis, 2003 - Dysoptus bilobusDysoptus bilobusDysoptus bilobus is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It is known only from the type locality, a lowland, tropical rainforest habitat in Costa Rica.The length of the forewings is 3.8-5 mm for males.-Etymology:...
Davis, 2003 - Dysoptus chiquitusDysoptus chiquitusDysoptus anachoreta is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It is widespread in a large part of the Neotropical lowland wet forests, from Costa Rica south to Mato Grosso in southern Brazil....
(Buschk, 1914) - Dysoptus denticulatusDysoptus denticulatusDysoptus denticulatus is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It is known only from southern Brazil.The length of the forewings is about 5 mm for males...
Davis, 2003 - Dysoptus fasciatusDysoptus fasciatusDysoptus fasciatus is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It probably has a wide distribution in the lowland rain forests of Amazonia. Currently it has been collected only at the type locality in southern Venezuela and possibly in Peru....
Davis, 2003 - Dysoptus pentalobusDysoptus pentalobusDysoptus pentalobus is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It is known only from the type locality in the Atlantic coastal forests of south-eastern Brazil.The length of the forewings is about 4.8 mm for males...
Davis, 2003 - Dysoptus probataDysoptus probataDysoptus probata is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It is known only from the type locality in south-western Guatemala.The length of the forewings is about 8 mm for females.-External links:*...
Walsingham, 1914 - Dysoptus prolatusDysoptus prolatusDysoptus 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....
Davis, 2003 - Dysoptus pseudargusDysoptus pseudargusDysoptus pseudargus is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It is known only from the lowland Amazonian Region of southern Peru.The length of the forewings is 5-5.5 mm for males...
Davis, 2003 - Dysoptus sparsimaculatusDysoptus sparsimaculatusDysoptus sparsimaculatus is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It is known only from three montane sites in northern Venezuela.The length of the forewings is 4.6-5 mm for males...
Davis, 2003 - Dysoptus spilacrisDysoptus spilacrisDysoptus spilacris is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It is common in both primary and secondary forests in La Selva, Costa Rica. It also has been found in the adjacent Braulio Carrillo National Park and in the Mexican state of Veracruz....
Davis, 2003 - Dysoptus tantalotaDysoptus tantalotaDysoptus tantalota is a species of moth in the Arrhenophanidae family. It probably occurs widely through the lowland rain forests of Amazonia. Currently it is known only from Guyana and southern Venezuela....
Meyrick, 1919