Dichomeris asteropis

Dichomeris asteropis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]

Dichomeris asteropis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. asteropis
Binomial name
Dichomeris asteropis
Meyrick, 1921
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe asteropis

The wingspan is 20–21 mm. The forewings are pale greyish-ochreous, sometimes faintly pinkish-tinged, rather thinly irrorated with dark grey. There is a cloudy grey dot midway between the first discal stigma and the base. The stigmata are cloudy, dark grey, each accompanied by a minute white dot, the plical somewhat before the first discal, the second discal transverse or double. There is a slightly oblique streak of grey suffusion from beneath the second discal stigma to the dorsum and a faint spot of pale suffusion on the costa at three-fourths, as well as some minute white marginal dots around the termen and tornus. 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 asteropis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 83 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine


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