Dichomeris capnites

Dichomeris capnites is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and South Australia.[2]

Dichomeris capnites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. capnites
Binomial name
Dichomeris capnites
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus capnites Meyrick, 1904

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are fuscous, indistinctly strigulated with dark fuscous, the costa rosy-tinged on the basal third, with a dark fuscous basal dot and an obscure dark fuscous spot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata is rather large, very obscure and dark fuscous, with the plical somewhat obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are fuscous, darker posteriorly.[3]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Acronychia species.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris capnites". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Dichomeris at funet
  3. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 29 (2) : 435
  4. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia


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