Dichomeris microsphena

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Dichomeris microsphena
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. microsphena
Binomial name
Dichomeris microsphena
Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris microsphena is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. [1] It is found in China (Hong Kong), Taiwan, north-eastern India and Java, Indonesia. [2]

The wingspan is 12.5–14 mm. [3] The forewings have a costal blotch near the middle of the anterior margin and two small discal spots near the middle and at the end of the cell.

The larvae feed on Bridelia ovata . [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 microsphena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (May 2, 2019). "Dichomeris microsphena Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  3. Li, H. H.; Zhen, H.; Kendrick, R. C. & Sterling, M. J. (March 2010). "Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Taxonomic study on the genus Dichomeris Hübner, 1818, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 38 (149): 77.
  4. Insecta Koreana 12: 35