Dichomeris fluitans

Dichomeris fluitans is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[2]

Dichomeris fluitans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. fluitans
Binomial name
Dichomeris fluitans
Meyrick, 1920

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light ochreous yellowish, the dorsal half suffused with brownish-ochreous and with a very small dark fuscous spot on the base of the costa. The discal stigmata are small, blackish, with an additional dot halfway between the first discal and the base. There is an apical spot of dark fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are iridescent grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris fluitans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris fluitans Meyrick, 1920". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  3. Annals of the South African Museum. 17 (4): 284.


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