Dichomeris mochlopis

Dichomeris mochlopis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[2]

Dichomeris mochlopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. mochlopis
Binomial name
Dichomeris mochlopis
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Cymotricha mochlopis Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 13 mm (0.51 in). The forewings are grey with an obscure dark fuscous dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the first discal forming a strong oblique mark, the second a transverse crescentic mark, the plical spot is a dot beneath the first discal. There is an obscure ochreous-whitish slightly curved and waved subterminal line, posteriorly edged with darker suffusion. There is also a marginal series of blackish crescentic dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

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


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