Dichomeris ampliata

Dichomeris ampliata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is known from north-eastern India and Sri Lanka.[1]

Dichomeris ampliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. ampliata
Binomial name
Dichomeris ampliata
Meyrick, 1913
Synonyms
  • Gaesa ampliata Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is 22–23 mm. The forewings are violet fuscous, with the extreme costal edge pale ochreous except towards the base. The stigmata are obscure, dark fuscous, the discal approximated and the plical slightly before the first discai. There is a series of dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are fuscous.[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. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 175.


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