Dichomeris plexigramma

Dichomeris plexigramma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in the Guianas, Peru and Amazonas, Brazil.[2]

Dichomeris plexigramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. plexigramma
Binomial name
Dichomeris plexigramma
Meyrick, 1922

The wingspan is 18–20 mm (0.71–0.79 in). The forewings are pale ochreous, variably streaked with dark brown suffusion between the veins, more strongly in the disc and forming oblique wedge-shaped streaks in the cell. There is sometimes a pale shade near and parallel to the 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 plexigramma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris plexigramma Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 110.


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