Dichomeris contrita

Dichomeris contrita is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Guyana and Pará, Brazil.[2]

Dichomeris contrita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. contrita
Binomial name
Dichomeris contrita
(Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Pachysaris contrita Meyrick, 1922

The wingspan is about 19 mm (0.75 in). The forewings are dark iron grey. The stigmata are small and dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal and an additional dot beneath the second discal. The hindwings are rather light grey, the scales farinose with a darker grey streak along the upper part of the termen and a short basal pecten of whitish-ochreous scales, as well as a slight one on the lower margin of the cell.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris contrita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris contrita (Meyrick, 1922)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 105.


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