Dactylethrella chionitis

Dactylethrella chionitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dactylethrella
Species:	D. chionitis
Binomial name
	Dactylethrella chionitis; (Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
	Nothris chionitisMeyrick, 1910;

Last updated February 12, 2023

Dactylethrella chionitis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.^[1] It is found in the South African provinces of Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Limpopo.^[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are white, becoming pale greyish ochreous posteriorly, with a few fine scattered black scales, towards the apex and termen sprinkled with grey. The posterior half of the costa has short oblique alternate strigulae of grey suffusion and white and there is a fine white terminal line edged anteriorly by a row of black dots preceded by fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are whitish.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dactylethrella chionitis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dactylethrella chionitis (Meyrick, 1910)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
↑ Meyrick, E. (1910). "New South African Microlepidoptera". Annals of the South African Museum. 5: 414. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dactylethrella chionitis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 20, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dactylethrella chionitis (Meyrick, 1910)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 25, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (1910). "New South African Microlepidoptera". Annals of the South African Museum. 5: 414. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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