Dichomeris macroxyla

Dichomeris macroxyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. macroxyla
Binomial name
Dichomeris macroxyla
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe macroxyla Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris macroxyla is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Assam, India.

The wingspan is 18–20 mm (0.71–0.79 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous, the posterior two-thirds of the costa, and dorsum and termen throughout rather broadly suffused with brown, darkest on the margin of the wing, cut at the apex by a fine streak of ground colour. The stigmata is minute, blackish, the plical slightly before the first discal. A black line runs around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey.

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris macroxyla​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris macroxyla (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 180.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.