Dichomeris orientis

Dichomeris orientis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park and Ronald W. Hodges in 1995. It is found in China (Hong Kong, Yunnan) and Taiwan.[1]

Dichomeris orientis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. orientis
Binomial name
Dichomeris orientis
Park & Hodges, 1995

The wingspan is 10–12 mm.[2] The forewings are greyish yellow, suffused with dark-fuscous scales and a costal blotch at three-fourths the length of the anterior margin, as well as short dark-fuscous strigulae along the anterior margin before the costal blotch. There is also a broad, dark fuscous fascia along the termen. The hindwings are grey, darker towards the posterior margin.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (May 2, 2019). "Dichomeris orientis Park & Hodges, 1995". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  2. Li, H. H.; Zhen, H.; Kendrick, R. C. & Sterling, M. J. (March 2010). "Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Taxonomic study on the genus Dichomeris Hübner, 1818, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 38 (149): 78–79.
  3. Insecta Koreana 12: 36


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