Dichomeris vigilans

Dichomeris vigilans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. vigilans
Binomial name
Dichomeris vigilans
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Ilingiotis vigilans Meyrick, 1914

Dichomeris vigilans is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Guyana.[2]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are light ochreous-bronzy with a black dot on the base of the costa and an irregular black dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata is black, the discal large, pale-edged, with the plical small, beneath the first discal. There is a whitish-ochreous spot on the costa at three-fourths, where a slightly curved indistinct whitish-ochreous line runs to the tornus. There is also a row of black dots around the posterior part of the costa and 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 vigilans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ Dichomeris at funet
  3. ↑ Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1914 : 275


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