Dendrophilia hetaeropsis

Dendrophilia hetaeropsis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1935. It is found in Indonesia (Java)[1] and Thailand.

Dendrophilia hetaeropsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dendrophilia
Species:
D. hetaeropsis
Binomial name
Dendrophilia hetaeropsis
(Meyrick, 1935)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria hetaeropsis Meyrick, 1935

The length of the forewings is about 11 mm. The wing pattern is similar to other species in the genus and adults can only be identified by genital characters.[2]

References
  1. Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
  2. Species Diversity 4 : 336


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