Dichomeris diacnista

Dichomeris diacnista is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Guyana.[2]

Dichomeris diacnista
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. diacnista
Binomial name
Dichomeris diacnista
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Myrophila diacnista Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 20 mm (0.79 in). The forewings are greyish violet strongly strigulated with rather dark fuscous, the costal edge is suffused ferruginous brown. There is an obscure rather dark fuscous spot in the disc at one-fourth and similar spots representing stigmata, the plical and second discal centred blackish, the plical and first discal transversely placed and confluent. There is also an indistinct darker subterminal shade and dark fuscous marginal dots separated by brownish ochreous around the apex and termen. The hindwings are blackish grey, rather thinly scaled.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris diacnista". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris diacnista (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (20): 624.


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