Dichomeris tepens

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Dichomeris tepens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. tepens
Binomial name
Dichomeris tepens
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Cymotricha tepensMeyrick, 1923

Dichomeris tepens is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. [1] It is found on Madagascar. [2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are ferruginous ochreous with a cloudy ferruginous-fuscous dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata is moderate, cloudy, ferruginous fuscous, the plical somewhat before the first discal, the second discal transverse. The hindwings are light grey. [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 tepens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris tepens (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020– via FUNET.
  3. ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 2.


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