Dichomeris pyrrhopis
Dichomeris pyrrhopis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[2]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. pyrrhopis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris pyrrhopis (Meyrick, 1922) | |
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The wingspan is 12–16 mm (0.47–0.63 in). The forewings are ferruginous orange, in males sprinkled with ferruginous and the costa suffused with ferruginous. The hindwings in males are dark fuscous, towards the base more or less variably suffused orange. The hindwings of the females are greyish orange.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris pyrrhopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris pyrrhopis (Meyrick, 1922)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 106.
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