Dichomeris thanatopsis

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Dichomeris thanatopsis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. thanatopsis
Binomial name
Dichomeris thanatopsis
(Lower, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus thanatopsisLower, 1901
  • Macrozancla mendicaTurner, 1919

Dichomeris thanatopsis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901. [1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. [2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are whitish grey with some minute fuscous dots near the base beneath the costa, and above and beneath the fold. There is a dot on the fold before the middle, other discal dots are obsolete, but there is a dot on the tornus and a few fuscous scales before the termen. The hindwings are dark 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 thanatopsis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris thanatopsis (Lower, 1901)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "The Australian Gelechianae (Lepidoptera)".PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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