Dichomeris ochripalpella

Dichomeris ochripalpella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. ochripalpella
Binomial name
Dichomeris ochripalpella
(Zeller, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia (Trichotaphe) ochripalpella Zeller, 1873
  • Trichotaphe alacella Clemens, 1862
  • Gelechia goodellella Chambers, 1881

Dichomeris ochripalpella, the shining dichomeris moth, is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Zeller in 1873.[2] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Quebec and southern Ontario to New Jersey, North Carolina and Arkansas.[3]

The length of the forewings is 5.4-6.5 mm.[4] The forewings are deep brown, with a steel-blue, shining streak along the costa, extending from the base to an orange-yellow costal spot at the beginning of the apical cilia, and deeply excised in the middle of the wing. Beneath the excised portion and near the inner margin is a short, steel-blue streak, and the costal streak emits a slender line to the inner margin, opposite the costal orange-yellow spot. The hindmargin has a series of steel-blue dots. The hindwings are fuscous.[5] Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Aster and Solidago species.[6]

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris ochripalpella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ Dichomeris at funet
  4. ↑ Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images Archived 2015-06-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 1 (5) : 132
  6. ↑ Bug Guide


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