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Diploschizia lanista

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Yponomeutoidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Glyphipterigidae

Diploschizia lanista is a species of sedge moth in the genus Diploschizia. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in North America, including Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas and Louisiana.

The length of the forewings is 2.7–4 mm. The forewings are grey fuscous in the basal two thirds, while the apical one third is dark fuscous. All markings have dark fuscous borders. The hindwings are fuscous. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to May and from July to September (in North Carolina), in April (in Louisiana) and in January, May, July, September, November and December (in Florida).

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Diploschizia lanista Wikipedia