Dichomeris thermophaea

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

Dichomeris thermophaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. thermophaea
Binomial name
Dichomeris thermophaea
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Sirogenes thermophaea Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 11 mm (0.43 in). The forewings are ochreous-brown. The stigmata are rather large, blackish, obscurely pale edged, the plical slightly before the first discal. There is a faint curved ochreous line from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus and dark fuscous marginal dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. 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 thermophaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris thermophaea (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 3.


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