''Risoba diphtheropsis'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Nolidae Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,700 described species worldwide. They are mostly small with dull coloration, the main distinguishing feature being a silk cocoon with a vertical exit slit. The group is sometimes known as tuft moths, aft ...

first described by Alice Ellen Prout in 1924. It is found in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

. Note: This source appears to misspell the specific name.

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*Original description: Prout, A. E. (1924)
"Some Apparently New Noctuidae from Sumatra, New Guinea, Mefor and Buru"
''Bulletin of the Hill Museum''. 1: 431. Nolidae Moths of New Guinea Moths described in 1924 {{Nolidae-stub