Dichomeris fluctuans

Dichomeris fluctuans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. fluctuans
Binomial name
Dichomeris fluctuans
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Cymotricha fluctuans Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris fluctuans is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are violet-brown, the costal edge light yellowish. The stigmata is hardly darker, small, the plical beneath the first discal. There are two cloudy ochreous-yellowish dots on the costa towards the apex and indistinct darker marginal dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris fluctuans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Dichomeris at funet
  3. Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 2


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