Dichomeris opsonoma

Dichomeris opsonoma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Guyana.[2]

Dichomeris opsonoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. opsonoma
Binomial name
Dichomeris opsonoma
Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are pale ochreous yellow, whitish tinged towards the costa anteriorly and with a narrow brownish streak along the dorsum from the base to the tornus, becoming dark brown towards the base. The stigmata are minute, rather dark fuscous, the plical beneath first discal. The posterior part of the costa and termen is somewhat suffused with yellow-ochreous and there is a marginal series of minute black specks around the apex and termen. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris opsonoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris opsonoma Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 281.


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