Dichomeris exallacta

Dichomeris exallacta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]

Dichomeris exallacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. exallacta
Binomial name
Dichomeris exallacta
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Cymotricha exallacta Meyrick, 1926

The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are light grey, suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish towards the costa and dorsum from about one-third onwards. The stigmata is cloudy, obscurely and indistinctly darker, the plical rather obliquely before first the discal. There is an obtusely angulated obscure whitish transverse shade at four-fifths, the terminal area beyond this suffusedly irrorated with whitish. There are also indistinct dark grey marginal dots on the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris exallacta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris exallacta (Meyrick, 1926)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (9): 287.


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