Dichomeris achlyodes

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Dichomeris achlyodes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. achlyodes
Binomial name
Dichomeris achlyodes
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus achlyodesMeyrick, 1904
  • Euryzancla polyommataTurner, 1919

Dichomeris achlyodes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. [1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales. [2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are grey with conspicuous blackish dots and a larger median dot at one-fifth, preceded by a smaller dot beneath the fold, a small median dot at two-fifths, preceded by a larger dot on the fold, a dot above the middle, and a median dot at three-fifths, a dot on the tornus, another between this and third median dot, and sometimes a dot preceding this last. There is a series of dots around the apex and on the termen. The hindwings are grey. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris achlyodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris achlyodes (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 via FUNET.
  3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 31 (10): 131.