Dichomeris microsphena

Dichomeris microsphena is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in China (Hong Kong), Taiwan, north-eastern India and Java, Indonesia.[2]

Dichomeris microsphena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. microsphena
Binomial name
Dichomeris microsphena
Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is 12.5–14 mm.[3] The forewings have a costal blotch near the middle of the anterior margin and two small discal spots near the middle and at the end of the cell.

The larvae feed on Bridelia ovata.[4]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris microsphena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (May 2, 2019). "Dichomeris microsphena Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  3. Li, H. H.; Zhen, H.; Kendrick, R. C. & Sterling, M. J. (March 2010). "Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Taxonomic study on the genus Dichomeris Hübner, 1818, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 38 (149): 77.
  4. Insecta Koreana 12: 35


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