Dichomeris contrita

Dichomeris contrita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. contrita
Binomial name
Dichomeris contrita
(Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Pachysaris contrita Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris contrita is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Guyana and Brazil (Para).[2]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are dark iron-grey. The stigmata is small, dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal and an additional dot beneath the second discal. The hindwings are rather light grey, the scales farinose with a darker grey streak along the upper part of the termen and a short basal pecten of whitish-ochreous scales, as well as a slight one on the lower margin of the cell.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris contrita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Dichomeris at funet
  3. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 : 105


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