Dichomeris hoplocrates

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Dichomeris hoplocrates
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. hoplocrates
Binomial name
Dichomeris hoplocrates
(Meyrick, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Tricyanaula hoplocratesMeyrick, 1932

Dichomeris hoplocrates is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. [1] It is found on the Japanese islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. [2]

The length of the forewings is 6.2–7.5 mm (0.24–0.30 in). Adults are similar to Dichomeris enoptrias , but the forewings are shining metallic leaden blue with well-developed broad longitudinal streaks running obliquely from the anterior margin at one-third to the tornus. There is also a small whitish strigula at three-fourths of the anterior margin. [3]

The larvae feed on Duchesnea chrysantha , Rubus sieboldii and Rubus buergeri .

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tricyanaula hoplocrates". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris hoplocrates (Meyrick, 1932)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020– via FUNET.
  3. ↑ Insecta Koreana 12: 32


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