Dichomeris ptychosema
Dichomeris ptychosema is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Assam, India.[2]
| Dichomeris ptychosema | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. ptychosema |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris ptychosema Meyrick, 1913 | |
The wingspan is 14–17 mm (0.55–0.67 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous, strigulated with fuscous and dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles) and with a small dark fuscous spot on the base of the costa, a short mark in the middle, another beyond three-fourths, and several dots between these. There is also a small blackish-fuscous spot on the fold at one-fourth. The second discal stigma is moderate, dark fuscous, with the plical and first discal minute or obsolete, the plical beneath the first discal. The hindwings are iridescent grey.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris ptychosema". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris ptychosema Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- Journal of the Bombay Natural Society. 22 (1): 175.
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