Dichomeris lygropa
Dichomeris lygropa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Dichomeris |
Species: | D. lygropa |
Binomial name | |
Dichomeris lygropa (Lower, 1903) | |
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Dichomeris lygropa is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Lower in 1903.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.[2]
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous-greenish with the costa more or less strigulated throughout with blackish. The markings are blackish with a dot in middle at one-fourth from the base, a second before the middle, the third beyond, the three forming a longitudinal series and more or less edged with a white dot and a fourth dot below and between the second and third, as well as an obscure row of dots along the termen and apical fourth of the costa. The hindwings are blackish.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris lygropa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ↑ Dichomeris at funet
- ↑ Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. 27 (1) : 70
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