Dichomeris deltaspis

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Dichomeris deltaspis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. deltaspis
Binomial name
Dichomeris deltaspis
(Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus deltaspisMeyrick, 1905

Dichomeris deltaspis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index has this species as a synonym of Dichomeris bisignella . [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 21 mm (0.83 in). The forewings are greyish ochreous, strigulated with ferruginous brown and with a small blackish spot on the base of the costa and a dot beneath the costa near the base. The costal edge is pale rosy anteriorly, strigulated with blackish. There is a triangular blackish spot on the costa before the middle, reaching one-third of the way across the wing. There is a transverse streak of ferruginous-brown suffusion from the dorsum before one-fourth, reaching more than halfway across the wing. The discal stigmata is small, ferruginous brown, near together. There is also an undefined fascia of ferruginous-brown suffusion at about three-fourths, terminating on the costa in a darker spot mixed with blackish. The hindwings are rather dark fuscous. [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 bisignella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris deltaspis (Meyrick, 1905)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020– via FUNET.
  3. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 16 (4): 601.


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