Dichomeris leucocosma
Dichomeris leucocosma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916.[1] It is found in Malawi.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. leucocosma |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris leucocosma (Meyrick, 1916) | |
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The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are pale lilac grey irregularly mixed with dark fuscous, especially posteriorly. There is a narrow suffused ochreous-white costal streak from the base, broadest at the base, terminating in a triangular ochreous-white patch at two-thirds reaching halfway across the wing. There is a white dot representing the plical stigma. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris leucocosma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris leucocosma (Meyrick, 1916)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (19): 584.
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