''Diploschizia lanista'' is a species of sedge moth in the genus ''

Diploschizia ''Diploschizia'' is a genus of sedge moths. It was described by John B. Heppner in 1981. It is mostly treated as a synonym of ''Glyphipterix ''Glyphipterix'' is a genus of sedge moths. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Species *'' ...

''. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

, including Florida, Georgia,

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

, 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).Revision of the New Genus Diploschizia (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae) for North America
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External links

''Diploschizia lanista'' at Zipcodezoo.com
Moths described in 1918 Glyphipterigidae {{Glyphipterigidae-stub