Dichomeris ptilocompa

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

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

The wingspan is 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in). The forewings are leaden grey with a moderate slightly oblique blackish fascia before the middle, not reaching the costa, edged with ochreous yellow. There is a small round dark fuscous spot edged with ochreous yellow on the end of cell, well separated from the following fascia. There is a broad blackish fascia from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, anteriorly edged by a rather oblique ochreous-yellow line indented in the middle. There are also subconfluent triangular blackish marginal dots around the apex and termen, separated anteriorly by ochreous-whitish or yellowish dots. 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 ptilocompa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris ptilocompa Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 113.


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