Dichozoma

Dichozoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Dichozoma
Munroe, 1961[1]
Species: D. parvipicta
Binomial name
Dichozoma parvipicta
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Loxostege parvipicta Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

Dichozoma is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Dichozoma parvipicta, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, California, Utah[2] and Texas.

The length of the forewings is 4.5–6 mm.[3] The forewings are pale yellow, crossed by two parallel bands of pinkish-purple. The costa is also pinkish-purple up to the first line. There is a large pinkish-purple discal spot.[4] The hindwings are white in males and shaded with pinkish terminally in females. Adults have been recorded on wing from March to May and from July to September.

References

  1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Bug Guide
  4. ↑ Barnes & McDunnough, 1918. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4(2): 161


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