Dichomeris collina

Dichomeris collina is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]

Dichomeris collina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. collina
Binomial name
Dichomeris collina
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Pachysaris collina Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is about 18 mm (0.71 in). The forewings are fuscous with a small spot of dark fuscous suffusion on the base of the costa. The stigmata are very small, obscure, dark fuscous, with the plical rather obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are dark fuscous, becoming subhyaline (almost glass like) towards the costa.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris collina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris collina (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 277.


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