Dichomeris amphicoma

Dichomeris amphicoma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912.[1] It is found in São Paulo, Brazil.[2]

Dichomeris amphicoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. amphicoma
Binomial name
Dichomeris amphicoma
Meyrick, 1912

The wingspan is about 21 mm (0.83 in). The forewings are light ochreous-brownish, strewn with dark fuscous strigulae and with a blackish streak suffused with darker brown running from the base of the dorsum to the costa just above the apex. The costal area above this is paler ochreous. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris amphicoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018. Note: This source has 1911 as the year of description.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris amphicoma Meyrick, 1912". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Transactions of the Entolomological Society of London. 1911 (4): 695.


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