Dioptis longipennis is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by William Schaus in 1913. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua.

Dioptis longipennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Dioptis
Species:
D. longipennis
Binomial name
Dioptis longipennis
(Schaus, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Tithraustes longipennis Schaus, 1913

The larvae feed on Asterogyne, Calyptrogyne, Geonoma and Prestoea species.

References

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  • Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. doi:10.1206/321.1. hdl:2246/5978. S2CID 86824329.