Dichomeris tepens

Dichomeris tepens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. tepens
Binomial name
Dichomeris tepens
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Cymotricha tepens Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris tepens is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Madagascar.[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are ferruginous-ochreous with a cloudy ferruginous-fuscous dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata is moderate, cloudy, ferruginous-fuscous, the plical somewhat before the first discal, the second discal transverse. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris tepens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Dichomeris at funet
  3. Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 2


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