Dichomeris helianthemi
Dichomeris helianthemi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Dichomeris |
Species: | D. helianthemi |
Binomial name | |
Dichomeris helianthemi (Walsingham, 1903) | |
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Dichomeris helianthemi is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in Spain,[2] France and Italy.
The wingspan is about 16.5 mm. The forewings are pale mouse-grey, sprinkled with fuscous scales and with a slight fuscous suffusion along the costa and three ill-defined fuscous spots along the disc, the first near the base and the second before the middle, the third at the end of the cell. The hindwings are pale stone-grey.
The larvae feed on Helianthemum lavandulaefolium.[3]
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ↑ Dichomeris at funet
- ↑ Ent. mon. Mag. 39 : 265
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