Dichomeris cyclospila

Dichomeris cyclospila is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in French Guiana.[2]

Dichomeris cyclospila
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D. cyclospila
Binomial name
Dichomeris cyclospila
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe cyclospila Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is about 16 mm (0.63 in). The forewings are pale ochreous, the costal edge pinkish-tinged and with dark reddish-fuscous dots above and below the fold at one-fifth. The stigmata are represented by small round dark reddish-fuscous spots obscurely edged with whitish, the first discal largest, the plical beneath the first discal. There is an irregular curved and sinuate indistinct pale line from three-fourth of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus and there are marginal blackish 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 cyclospila". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (5): 151


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