Dichomeris rubidula

Dichomeris rubidula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. rubidula
Binomial name
	Dichomeris rubidula; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Trichotaphe rubidula Meyrick, 1913;

Dichomeris rubidula is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Mpumalanga, South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are fuscous sprinkled with reddish brown, with a few black scales. The costal edge is whitish ochreous from near the base to beyond the middle. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical is beneath the first discal. There is an indistinct pale greyish-ochreous nearly straight transverse shade at three-fourths, slightly indented above the middle. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris rubidula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris rubidula (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 303 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris rubidula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris rubidula (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 303 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.