Dichomeris illicita
Dichomeris illicita is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929.[1] It is found in Assam, India.[2]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. illicita |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris illicita (Meyrick, 1929) | |
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The wingspan is about 11 mm (0.43 in). The forewings are grey irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous and with a dark fuscous dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical nearly beneath the first discal. There is a small obscure spot of ochreous-whitish suffusion on the costa at two-thirds, as well as a marginal series of blackish dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris illicita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris illicita (Meyrick, 1929)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16): 511.
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