Dichomeris rubidula

Dichomeris rubidula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. rubidula
Binomial name
Dichomeris rubidula
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe rubidula Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris rubidula is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga).[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are fuscous sprinkled with reddish-brown, with a few black scales. The costal edge is whitish-ochreous from near the base to beyond the middle. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal. There is an indistinct pale greyish-ochreous nearly straight transverse shade at three-fourth, slightly indented above the middle. 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 rubidula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 303 Archived March 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.


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