Dichomeris aulotoma

Dichomeris aulotoma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2][3]

Dichomeris aulotoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. aulotoma
Binomial name
Dichomeris aulotoma
Meyrick, 1917
Synonyms
  • Picroptera aulotoma
  • Dichomeris interamna Meyrick, 1926

The wingspan is about 20 mm (0.79 in). The forewings are rather dark fuscous with a white streak along the costa from the base nearly to one-third, and a subcostal streak from beyond the extremity of this to the costa before the apex. There is a white subdorsal streak rising from the base of the dorsum and running to the termen beneath the apex, posteriorly somewhat ragged. The hindwings are grey.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris aulotoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris aulotoma Meyrick, 1917". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris aulotoma Meyrick, 1917". Afromoths. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  4. Annals of the South African Museum. 17 (1): 5.


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