Dichomeris parvisexafurca

Dichomeris parvisexafurca is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Hou-Hun Li, Hui Zhen and Roger C. Kendrick in 2010. It is found in Hong Kong, China.[1]

Dichomeris parvisexafurca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. parvisexafurca
Binomial name
Dichomeris parvisexafurca
H.-H. Li, Zhen & Kendrick, 2010

The wingspan is 9.5–10 mm. The forewings are pale yellow, with scattered dark brown scales and with the costal margin dark brown along the basal five-sixths and with a dark brown spot before the apex. There is a longitudinal dark brown stripe in the distal half of the cell and the fold is brown, the dorsum dark brown and there is a broad dark brown fascia along the termen. The apex is dark brown. The hindwings are grey.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Latin prefix parv- (meaning small) and the name of another species, Dichomeris sexafurca, referring to the sicae of this species being smaller than that in D. sexafurca.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku (May 2, 2019). "Dichomeris parvisexafurca Li, Zhen & Kendrick, 2010". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  2. 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): 71–72.


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