Dichomeris bipunctellus

Dichomeris bipunctellus is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey in 1882.[2] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Quebec to Maine, south to Florida and Louisiana.[3]

Dichomeris bipunctellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. bipunctellus
Binomial name
Dichomeris bipunctellus
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus bipunctellus Walsingham, 1882

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are pale brownish ochreous, dusted with widely scattered black scales and with a rather elongate black discal dot before the middle with a few whitish scales along its anterior and lower edges, followed by a smaller black dot at the end of the cell, also surrounded by whitish scales on its anterior and lower edge. There is a row of eight marginal black dots around the apex and apical margin. The hindwings are pale greyish ochreous.[4] Adults are on wing from February to October.

The larvae feed on Myrica aspleniifolia, Myrica gale and Myrica pensylvanica.[5]

References
  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris bipunctellus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  3. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10 : 186
  5. Bug Guide


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