It measures about one centimeter in wingspan and is easily distinguished from all closely related species by the color pattern of its forewings.

These are orange at their base and tip with a large intermediate gray patch, a pattern not found in any other species of Diptychophora.

The latter had claimed that data produced by the institute demonstrating the substantial increase in Amazonian forest deforestation following his rise to power, including devastating fires in 2019, were false.

[2] The species epithet galvani refers to Ricardo Galvão, a physicist and former director of the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE).

Certain of the correctness and quality of the data, as Director of INPE, Galvão stood up and challenged Bolsonaro to prove his assertion in a face-to-face discussion.

[4][5] The descriptors of Diptychophora galvani dedicated the species to Galvão for "his courage in the face of professional adversity", but also because the colors of the moth’s forewings are reminiscent of the devastating Amazon rainforest wildfires that were demonstrated by the INPE data.

[1] The only available information on the pabulum of the caterpillars in the tribe Diptychophorini concerns three species of the genus Glaucocharis in New Zealand that feed on mosses.

The region is characterized by a seasonal drought and is composed of more or less wooded savannas, humid zones, and gallery forests, on poor acidic soils.