Dichomeris bipunctellus
| Dichomeris bipunctellus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. bipunctellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris bipunctellus (Walsingham, 1882)[1] | |
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Dichomeris bipunctellus is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1882.[2] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Quebec to Maine, south to Florida and Louisiana.[3]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are pale brownish ochreous, dusted with widely scattered black scales and with a rather elongate black discal dot before the middle with a few whitish scales along its anterior and lower edges, followed by a smaller black dot at the end of the cell, also surrounded by whitish scales on its anterior and lower edge. There is a row of eight marginal black dots around the apex and apical margin. The hindwings are pale greyish ochreous.[4] Adults are on wing from February to October.
The larvae feed on Myrica aspleniifolia, Myrica gale and Myrica pensylvanica.[5]