Dichomeris crepitatrix
Dichomeris crepitatrix | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Dichomeris |
Species: | D. crepitatrix |
Binomial name | |
Dichomeris crepitatrix Meyrick, 1913 | |
Dichomeris crepitatrix is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are ochreous-brown, with scattered dark fuscous scales and a blackish streak irregularly interrupted and spotted with ground colour extending along the costa from the base to three-fourths. The stigmata is undefined, fuscous, with the discal approximated, the plical rather before the first discal. A streak of blackish irroration runs along the termen, suffused with grey anteriorly. The hindwings are iridescent-grey.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris crepitatrix". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ↑ Dichomeris at funet
- ↑ J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 173
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