Dichomeris seminata

Dichomeris seminata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found on the Seychelles, where it has been recorded from Aldabra.[2]

Dichomeris seminata
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D. seminata
Binomial name
Dichomeris seminata
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe seminata Meyrick, 1911

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are ashy fuscous, with scattered black scales, posteriorly more numerous and tending to form a series between the veins. The extreme costal edge is ochreous whitish from the base to the middle and there is a blackish dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata is cloudy, blackish, the discal approximated, the plical small, rather before the first discal. There is also a cloudy ochreous-whitish dot on the costa at two-thirds and a hardly defined curved shade of black irroration (sprinkles) from this to the tornus, as well as a series of black dots around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris seminata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris seminata (Meyrick, 1911)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  3. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2) 14: 275


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