Dichomeris thanatopsis

Dichomeris thanatopsis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Lower in 1901.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

Dichomeris thanatopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. thanatopsis
Binomial name
Dichomeris thanatopsis
(Lower, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus thanatopsis Lower, 1901
  • Macrozancla mendica Turner, 1919

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey with some minute fuscous dots near the base beneath the costa, and above and beneath the fold. There is a dot on the fold before the middle, other discal dots are obsolete, but there is a dot on the tornus and a few fuscous scales before the 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 thanatopsis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Dichomeris at funet
  3. The Australian Gelechianae (Lepidoptera)


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