Dichomeris crepitatrix

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Dichomeris crepitatrix
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. crepitatrix
Binomial name
Dichomeris crepitatrix
Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris crepitatrix is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. [1] It is found in southern India. [2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are ochreous brown, with scattered dark fuscous scales and a blackish streak irregularly interrupted and spotted with ground colour extending along the costa from the base to three-fourths. The stigmata are undefined, fuscous, with the discal approximated, the plical rather before the first discal. A streak of blackish irroration (sprinkles) runs along the termen, suffused with grey anteriorly. The hindwings are iridescent 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 crepitatrix​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris crepitatrix Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020– via FUNET.
  3. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 173. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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