Dichomeris aprica

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Dichomeris aprica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. aprica
Binomial name
Dichomeris aprica
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Paraspistes apricaMeyrick, 1913
  • Brachyacma aprica

Dichomeris aprica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is known from Karnataka in southern India. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are yellow ochreous, tinged with ferruginous and with several short oblique blackish strigulae on the costa between one-third and three-fourths. The dorsal half is obscurely suffused with ferruginous and irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. The hindwings are dark grey, but lighter and thinly scaled anteriorly. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ Li, H.-h. & Sattler, K. (2012). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Zootaxa. 3373: 1-82.
  3. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 170. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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