Dichomeris lygropa

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Dichomeris lygropa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. lygropa
Binomial name
Dichomeris lygropa
(Lower, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus lygropaLower, 1903

Dichomeris lygropa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903. [1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia. [2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous greenish with the costa more or less strigulated throughout with blackish. The markings are blackish with a dot in middle at one-fourth from the base, a second before the middle, the third beyond, the three forming a longitudinal series and more or less edged with a white dot and a fourth dot below and between the second and third, as well as an obscure row of dots along the termen and apical fourth of the costa. The hindwings are blackish. [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 lygropa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris lygropa (Lower, 1903)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 27 (1): 70.


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