Dichomeris exsecta

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Dichomeris exsecta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. exsecta
Binomial name
Dichomeris exsecta
Meyrick, 1927

Dichomeris exsecta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. [1] It is found in Zimbabwe. [2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous, slightly mottled with grey and a few black scales. The costa is mottled dark fuscous and there is some dark strigulation towards the dorsum. The stigmata are black, each with an adjacent grey anterior spot, the discal rather near together, the plical slightly before the first discal. There is a narrow terminal fascia of dark grey suffusion, marked with terminal dots of ground colour. 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 exsecta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris exsecta Meyrick, 1927". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (12): 354. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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