Dichomeris adelocentra

Dichomeris adelocentra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is known from Java in Indonesia.[1]

Dichomeris adelocentra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. adelocentra
Binomial name
Dichomeris adelocentra
Meyrick, 1920

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are greyish ochreous with the stigmata obscure, indistinct and fuscous, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There is a small blackish-grey elongate mark on the middle of the costa, preceded and followed by ochreous-whitish suffusion and there is a fine blackish-grey marginal line around the apex, and two or three dark grey dots separated by whitish on each side of it. The hindwings are slate grey.[2]

The larvae feed on Bridelia tomentosa.

References

  1. Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (10): 305. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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