Dichomeris xuthostola
Dichomeris xuthostola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Dichomeris |
Species: | D. xuthostola |
Binomial name | |
Dichomeris xuthostola Walsingham, 1911 | |
Dichomeris xuthostola is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1911.[1] It is found in Mexico (Tabasco).[2]
The wingspan is about 14.5 mm. The forewings are reddish ochreous, with a broad diffused ferruginous shade along the dorsum from the base, embracing the outer half of the fold, a slight shade of the same colour on the outer half of the costa reaching to the apex. There is a single brownish fuscous dot at the end of the cell and a narrow broken shade of the same colour around the apex and termen at the base of the ochreous cilia. The hindwings are brownish grey.[3]
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