Dichomeris memnonia
Dichomeris memnonia is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. memnonia |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris memnonia (Meyrick, 1913) | |
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The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are dark ashy purplish fuscous with bronzy-blackish markings, as well as an oblique transverse bar in the disc at one-fourth, not reaching the margins. There is also a broad cloudy transverse median fascia and a moderately broad fascia from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus. There is also a narrow terminal fascia. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris memnonia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris memnonia (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1913 (1): 176.
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