Dichomeris aprica
| Dichomeris aprica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. aprica |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris aprica (Meyrick, 1913) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dichomeris aprica is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is known from southern India[1] (Karnataka).[2]
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are yellow-ochreous, tinged with ferruginous and with several short oblique blackish strigulae on the costa between one-third and three-fourth. The dorsal half is obscurely suffused with ferruginous and irrorated with fuscous. The hindwings are dark grey, but lighter and thinly scaled anteriorly.[3]
References
- ↑ Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia
- ↑ Li, H.-h. & K. Sattler, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 3373: 1-82.
- ↑ J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 170
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