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Diplogrypa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Oecophoridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Diplogrypa Common, 1997

Diplogrypa is a genus of moths of the Oecophoridae family. It contains only one species, Diplogrypa microptera which was described by Turner in 1916 and is found Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 12-14 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous, sparsely irrorated with fuscous and with a discal dot at two-fifth, a second beneath it on the fold and a third at three-fifth. The hindwings are ochreous-whitish, at the apex tinged with fuscous.

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Diplogrypa Wikipedia