Dichomeris microphanta

Dichomeris microphanta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. microphanta
Binomial name
	Dichomeris microphanta; (Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
	Pachnistis microphanta Meyrick, 1921; Neopachnistis microphanta;

Dichomeris microphanta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae, described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is approximately 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are dark purplish fuscous, featuring small, undefined opposite spots of whitish-ochreous suffusion on the costa at three-fourths and the dorsum before the tornus, with three or four scattered scales between. The hindwings are rather dark grey.

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris microphanta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris microphanta (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris microphanta (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
↑ Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 89 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris microphanta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris microphanta (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.

[3] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris microphanta (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.

[4] Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 89 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.