Dichomeris ochripalpella

Dichomeris ochripalpella, the shining dichomeris moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1873.[2] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Quebec and southern Ontario to New Jersey, North Carolina and Arkansas.[3]

Dichomeris ochripalpella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. ochripalpella
Binomial name
Dichomeris ochripalpella
(Zeller, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia (Trichotaphe) ochripalpella Zeller, 1873
  • Trichotaphe alacella Clemens, 1862
  • Gelechia goodellella Chambers, 1881

The length of the forewings is 5.4–6.5 mm (0.21–0.26 in).[4] The forewings are deep brown, with a steel-blue, shining streak along the costa, extending from the base to an orange-yellow costal spot at the beginning of the apical cilia, and deeply excised in the middle of the wing. Beneath the excised portion and near the inner margin is a short, steel-blue streak, and the costal streak emits a slender line to the inner margin, opposite the costal orange-yellow spot. The hindmargin has a series of steel-blue dots. The hindwings are fuscous.[5] Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Aster and Solidago species.[6]

References
  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris ochripalpella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  3. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images Archived 2015-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 1 (5) : 132
  6. Bug Guide


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