Diptilon crassa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Hans Zerny in 1912. It is found in Colombia.

Diptilon crassa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Diptilon
Species:
D. crassa
Binomial name
Diptilon crassa
Zerny, 1912[1]
Synonyms
  • Diptilon crassum

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are hyaline (glass like) with black-brown veins and margins and an orange streak on the base of the subcostal nervure. The inner area is black brown. The hindwings are hyaline with black-brown veins and margins. The inner area is black brown, slightly irrorated (sprinkled) with grey and the costal area and the cell (except for a streak in the lower extremity) are black brown. The costal edge is white.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Diptilon crassum​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.