Dichomeris plasticus

Dichomeris plasticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. plasticus
Binomial name
Dichomeris plasticus
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus plasticus Meyrick, 1904
  • Telephila plasticus Meyrick, 1904

Dichomeris plasticus is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are yellow-ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous, with the plical and second discal stigmata small, obscure, dark fuscous. There is a small suffused dark fuscous spot before the tornus. The hindwings are grey, but darker posteriorly.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Telephila plasticus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ Dichomeris at funet
  3. ↑ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 29 (2) : 433


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