''Dicepolia vaga'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

Crambidae Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...

. It was described by James E. Hayden in 2009. It is found in the Andes in

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

, as well as in

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

and montane

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

. The length of the forewings is 4.2–5.2 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from January to May and in June in Ecuador, from December to January and in April in Panama and in April in Jamaica.

Etymology

The species name refers to the disjunct distribution and is derived from Latin ''vagus'' (meaning wandering)., (2009)
"Taxonomic revision of Neotropical ''Dicepolia'' Snellen (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)"
''Zootaxa''. 2237: 1-33.

References

Moths described in 2009 Odontiinae {{Odontiinae-stub