Dichomeris excoriata

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

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

The wingspan is about 22 mm (0.87 in). The forewings are pale ochreous, suffusedly strigulated with brownish except towards the costa anteriorly and with a few blackish scales. There are about ten black marks on the anterior half of the costa, anteriorly remote, posteriorly closely approximated. There is also a spot of brownish suffusion in the disc at one-fourth and an undefined triangular patch of brownish suffusion extending on the costa, from about the middle to four-fifths, its apex formed by a dark fuscous second discal stigma. There are some dark fuscous dots on the termen. The hindwings are iridescent grey with the veins darker. [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 excoriata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris excoriata Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020– via FUNET.
  3. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 174. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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