Dichomeris plexigramma

Dichomeris plexigramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. plexigramma
Binomial name
Dichomeris plexigramma
Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris plexigramma is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in the Guianas, Brazil (Amazonas) and Peru.[2]

The wingspan is 18–20 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, variably streaked dark brown suffusion between the veins, more strongly in the disc and forming oblique wedge-shaped streaks in the cell. There is sometimes a pale shade near and parallel to the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris plexigramma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Dichomeris at funet
  3. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 : 110


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