Dichomeris hercogramma

Dichomeris hercogramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. hercogramma
Binomial name
Dichomeris hercogramma
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe hercogramma Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris hercogramma is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark violet-fuscous speckled with whitish. The discal stigmata is cloudy, dark fuscous, an additional spot midway between the first and the base. There is a whitish-ochreous transverse line at four-fifths, rather indented above the middle, somewhat expanded on the costa. The edge around the apex and termen is blackish. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris hercogramma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 86 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.


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