Dichomeris byrsoxantha

Dichomeris byrsoxantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. byrsoxantha
Binomial name
	Dichomeris byrsoxantha; (Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
	Trichotaphe byrsoxantha Meyrick, 1918;

Dichomeris byrsoxantha is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2][3]

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are ochreous-orange tinged with ferruginous. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the discal approximated, transverse, the first rather oblique, the plical dot-like, beneath the first discal. There is a terminal series of dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are grey.[4]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris byrsoxantha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
Afro Moths
Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6 (2) : 23

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris byrsoxantha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[3] Afro Moths

[4] Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6 (2) : 23