Dichomeris excavata

Dichomeris excavata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914.[1] It is found in Panama.[2]

Dichomeris excavata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. excavata
Binomial name
Dichomeris excavata
Busck, 1914

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are metallic blue with dark brown markings. There is a broad, outwardly convex deep brown velvety fascia at the basal third and the entire terminal third of the wing are deep blackish brown with a costal blue blotch extended as a thin, blue, marginal line around the edge. There are four large, poorly defined, round, brown spots on the middle of the wing. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris excavata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. "Dichomeris Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 18


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