Dichomeris resignata

Dichomeris resignata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929.[1] It is found on the Bismarck Archipelago and the New Hebrides in the South Pacific Ocean .[2]

Dichomeris resignata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. resignata
Binomial name
Dichomeris resignata
Meyrick, 1929
Synonyms
  • Gaesa praeducta Meyrick, 1929

The wingspan is 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous, with some slight fuscous speckling on the dorsal area and very few minute black specks on the costa, as well as two small dark fuscous marks or dots beyond the middle. The stigmata is small, dark fuscous or blackish, with the plical rather obliquely before the first discal, and sometimes with an additional dot midway between the first discal and the base, as well as a marginal series of blackish dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris resignata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris resignata Meyrick, 1929". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16): 510.


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