Dichomeris zygophorus

Dichomeris zygophorus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. zygophorus
Binomial name
	Dichomeris zygophorus; (Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
	Ypsolophus zygophorusMeyrick, 1904;

Last updated June 11, 2024

Dichomeris zygophorus is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.^[2]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm (0.43–0.47 in). The forewings are pale fuscous, mixed with whitish and sprinkled with dark fuscous, wholly suffused with white towards the costa. There is a dark fuscous dot beneath the costa at one-fifth and a very elongate subtriangular deep ferruginous patch mixed with dark fuscous along the costa from one-fourth to five-sixths, cut by a fine whitish oblique mark at three-fourths. The stigmata is dark fuscous sometimes indistinct, the discal near together, the plical obliquely before the first discal. Sometimes, there is an additional dot obliquely beneath and before the second discal and there is a ferruginous mark around the apex, edged by a black terminal line. The hindwings are fuscous, paler and thinly scaled anteriorly.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris zygophorus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 22, 2018.
↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris zygophorus (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020– via FUNET.
↑ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 430 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris zygophorus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 22, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris zygophorus (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020– via FUNET.

[3] Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 430 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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