Dichomeris malacodes

Dichomeris malacodes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found on Borneo and in southern India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Yunnan, China.[2][3]

Dichomeris malacodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. malacodes
Binomial name
Dichomeris malacodes
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Nothris malacodes Meyrick, 1910

The wingspan is 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in). The forewings are yellow ochreous, variably spotted and blotched with fuscous except towards the costa anteriorly, especially around the stigmata, along the dorsum and termen, and towards the costa beyond the middle, but these markings are sometimes little developed. The costa is dotted with dark fuscous on the anterior half, the edge black towards the base. The stigmata is black, distinct, with the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are light grey.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris malacodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris malacodes (Meyrick, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Insecta Koreana 12: 38
  4. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1910: 451.


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