Dichomeris harmonias

Dichomeris harmonias
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. harmonias
Binomial name
	Dichomeris harmonias; Meyrick, 1922

Last updated May 26, 2024

Dichomeris harmonias is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.^[1] It is found in south-eastern Siberia, Korea and China (Shanghai, Beijing).^[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are ochreous orange with scattered deep greyish-purple scales and scattered deep greyish-purple strigulae on the costa, blackish on the edge. There is a spot of deep greyish-purple suffusion on the fold at one-fourth, as well as three narrow irregular deep greyish-purple fasciae, the first before the middle, rather oblique, hardly reaching the dorsum, the second at three-fourths, somewhat inwards oblique from the costa and the third terminal. The stigmata is dark grey, the first discal beyond the first fascia, the plical absorbed in this fascia, the second discal absorbed in the second fascia. The hindwings are grey.^[3]

The larvae feed on Lespedeza bicolor and Trifolium repens .

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris harmonias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 21, 2018.
↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris harmonias Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020– via FUNET.
↑ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (16): 504. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris harmonias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris harmonias Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020– via FUNET.

[3] Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (16): 504. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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