Dichomeris microphanta

Dichomeris microphanta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Zimbabwe.[2][3]

Dichomeris microphanta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. microphanta
Binomial name
Dichomeris microphanta
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Pachnistis microphanta Meyrick, 1921
  • Neopachnistis microphanta

The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are dark purplish fuscous with small undefined opposite spots of whitish-ochreous suffusion on the costa at three-fourths and the dorsum before the tornus, and three or four scattered scales between them. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris microphanta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris microphanta (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris microphanta (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  4. Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 89 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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