Dichomeris illucescens

Dichomeris illucescens is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in Assam, India.[2]

Dichomeris illucescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. illucescens
Binomial name
Dichomeris illucescens
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe illucescens Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is about 21 mm (0.83 in). The forewings are rather dark brown, with a slight violet tinge and with faint small hardly darker spots above and below the fold at one-fifth. The stigmata is cloudy, obscurely darker, the plical somewhat before the first discal, the first discal rather large, the second transverse. There is a faintly paler cloudy subterminal shade, as well as indistinct marginal dark fuscous dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are ochreous whitish, the dorsum tinged grey and the apex and upper part of the termen suffused grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris illucescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris illucescens (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (5): 151.


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