Dyotopasta

Dyotopasta is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[1] It contains only one species, Dyotopasta yumaella, which is found in the south-western part of the United States, including Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.[2]

Dyotopasta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tineidae
Genus:
Dyotopasta

Busck, 1907
Species:
D. yumaella
Binomial name
Dyotopasta yumaella
(Kearfott, 1907)
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Pseudoxylesthia Walsingham, 1907

Species:

  • Pseudoxylesthia angustella Walsingham, 1907

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
  2. mothphotographersgroup


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