Dyotopasta

{{Short description|Genus of moths}}

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| display_parents = 2

| parent_authority = Busck, 1907

| taxon = Dyotopasta yumaella

| authority = (Kearfott, 1907)

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Genus:

  • Pseudoxylesthia Walsingham, 1907

Species:

  • Pseudoxylesthia angustella Walsingham, 1907

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Dyotopasta is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/tineidae/ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae] 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.[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=322 mothphotographersgroup]

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

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