Dichomeris hirculella

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Dichomeris hirculella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. hirculella
Binomial name
Dichomeris hirculella
Busck, 1909

Dichomeris hirculella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1909. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Indiana, New Hampshire and Connecticut. [2] [3]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are ochreous fuscous, mottled with black scales and with larger irregular, blackish spots, of which two or three are found on the cell, one or two at the end of the cell, and five or six on the apical fourth. There is an indistinct series of blackish dots around the apical edge, more or less confluent. The hindwings are opaque, light fuscous. [4]

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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 hirculella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Dichomeris Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ Moth Photographers Group
  4. ↑ "Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 1910". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-06-15.


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