Dichomeris lygropa

Dichomeris lygropa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Lower in 1903.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.[2]

Dichomeris lygropa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. lygropa
Binomial name
Dichomeris lygropa
(Lower, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus lygropa Lower, 1903

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous-greenish with the costa more or less strigulated throughout with blackish. The markings are blackish with a dot in middle at one-fourth from the base, a second before the middle, the third beyond, the three forming a longitudinal series and more or less edged with a white dot and a fourth dot below and between the second and third, as well as an obscure row of dots along the termen and apical fourth of the costa. The hindwings are blackish.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris lygropa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Dichomeris at funet
  3. Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. 27 (1) : 70


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