Dichomeris thermodryas

Dichomeris thermodryas is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]

Dichomeris thermodryas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. thermodryas
Binomial name
Dichomeris thermodryas
Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is 13–14 mm (0.51–0.55 in). The forewings are fuscous, speckled with ochreous whitish. The stigmata are moderate, dark brown, the plical beneath the first discal, the second discal transverse. There is a hardly curved denticulate light brownish-ochreous subterminal line, edged posteriorly by dark brown. There is also a marginal series of dark fuscous dots separated with light ochreous around 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 thermodryas". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris thermodryas Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 621.


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