Dichomeris amauropis

Dichomeris amauropis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]

Dichomeris amauropis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. amauropis
Binomial name
Dichomeris amauropis
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Cymotricha amauropis Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 20 mm (0.79 in). The forewings are fuscous. The stigmata is small, dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal, edged posteriorly by a whitish dot. There is a marginal series of dark fuscous dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris amauropis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris amauropis (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 1.


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