Dichomeris marginella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Dichomeris |
Species: | D. marginella |
Binomial name | |
Dichomeris marginella | |
Synonyms | |
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Dichomeris marginella, the juniper webber, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Europe.
The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The moths are on wing from May to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Juniperus communis , Juniperus chinensis , Juniperus horizontalis , Juniperus recurva and Juniperus virginiana .
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Juniperus californica, the California juniper, is a species of juniper native to southwestern North America.
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Dichomeris acuminata, the alfalfa leaf tier, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was first described by Otto Staudinger in 1876. It is a widely distributed species, being known from India, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka southwest to the Seychelles, Mauritius and Réunion and on to Egypt, east and South Africa and southern Europe. Eastward from India it extends through Indonesia and Malaysia to Taiwan and Australia. It is also found in Japan, the West Indies, North America and Hawaii.
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Dichomeris cisti is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Spain.
Dichomeris sciritis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Chennai, India.
Dichomeris lamprostoma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Zeller in 1847. It is found in France and Spain, as well as on Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Cyprus and the Canary Islands. It has also been recorded from Kenya and the United Arab Emirates.
Dichomeris juniperella, the Scotch crest, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Ireland, the Benelux and the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. The habitat consists of montane areas, including open woodland, mountainsides and gullies.
Pleurota marginella is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Greece, as well as in North Africa.
Dichomeris copa, the copa dichomeris moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1986. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Wyoming east to southern Ontario and Vermont, south to southern Illinois and Maryland.
Dichomeris siren, the least dichomeris moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1986. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Maryland, Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia.
Dichomeris flavocostella, the cream-edged dichomeris moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Quebec and Maine to Florida, west to Texas and north to Manitoba.
Dichomeris bolize, or Glaser's dichomeris moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1986. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Nebraska, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Texas.
Dichomeris scenites is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in South Africa.