Dichomeris chartaria

Dichomeris chartaria is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

Dichomeris chartaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. chartaria
Binomial name
Dichomeris chartaria
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe chartaria Meyrick, 1913
  • Mythographa chartaria

The wingspan is 16–17 mm (0.63–0.67 in). The forewings are ochreous whitish, slightly infuscated (darkened) except towards the costa. The stigmata are black, ringed with white, the first discal large, round, the plical moderate, obliquely beyond it, sometimes united with it, the second discal small. There is a dark fuscous mark on the costa at two-thirds, and two or three small subconfluent marks towards the apex. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris chartaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris chartaria (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 178.


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