Dichomeris amphicosma

Dichomeris amphicosma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. amphicosma
Binomial name
Dichomeris amphicosma
(Meyrick, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Cymotricha amphicosma Meyrick, 1930

Dichomeris amphicosma is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1930.[1] It is found in Brazil (Para).[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are blue-grey with a moderate blackish-fuscous fascia, mostly deep ferruginous on the costal half, posteriorly edged whitish, rounded-angulated in the middle, anteriorly with two projections in the disc. There is a small round black whitish-edged spot in the middle of the disc, and a larger one beneath this, where a ferruginous line runs along the dorsum to the tornus. There is also a transverse blackish-fuscous whitish-edged blotch in the disc beyond the middle, the upper half filled with ferruginous. There is also a triangular blackish patch resting on the termen from the apex to the tornus, whitish-edged except above, its angle touching the upper end of the preceding blotch. There is some slight whitish suffusion on the costa towards the apex. The hindwings are grey, the tornus suffused with blackish-grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris amphicosma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Dichomeris at funet
  3. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 44 : 228


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