Dichomeris hoplocrates

Dichomeris hoplocrates
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. hoplocrates
Binomial name
Dichomeris hoplocrates
(Meyrick, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Tricyanaula hoplocrates Meyrick, 1932

Dichomeris hoplocrates is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1932.[1] It is found in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu).[2]

The length of the forewings is 6.2-7.5 mm. Adults are similar to Dichomeris enoptrias, but the forewings are shining metallic leaden-blue with well-developed broad longitudinal streaks running obliquely from the anterior margin at one-third to the tornus. There is also a small whitish strigula at three-fourth the anterior margin.[3]

The larvae feed on Duchesnea chrysantha, Rubus sieboldii and Rubus buergeri.

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