Dichomeris malthacopa

Dichomeris malthacopa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in French Guiana and Amazonas, Brazil.[2]

Dichomeris malthacopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. malthacopa
Binomial name
Dichomeris malthacopa
(Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Taphrosaris malthacopa Meyrick, 1922

The wingspan is about 20 mm (0.79 in). The forewings are rather dark violet ashy grey with an irregular transverse blackish blotch in the disc before the middle, which is sometimes divided into two. The upper half is somewhat mixed with brown and the lower half occupied, except for the lateral margins, by a brownish-ochreous spot. There are two blackish dots transversely placed on the end of the cell, sometimes with some pale yellowish scales between these. 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 malthacopa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris malthacopa (Meyrick, 1922)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 104.


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