Dichomeris illicita

Dichomeris illicita is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929.[1] It is found in Assam, India.[2]

Dichomeris illicita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. illicita
Binomial name
Dichomeris illicita
(Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Cymotricha illicita Meyrick, 1929

The wingspan is about 11 mm (0.43 in). The forewings are grey irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous and with a dark fuscous dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical nearly beneath the first discal. There is a small obscure spot of ochreous-whitish suffusion on the costa at two-thirds, as well as a marginal series of blackish dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris illicita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris illicita (Meyrick, 1929)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16): 511.


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