Dichomeris excepta

Dichomeris excepta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Malawi and Zimbabwe.[2]

Dichomeris excepta
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D. excepta
Binomial name
Dichomeris excepta
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe excepta Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous with the costa slenderly whitish from the base to the apical patch. The plical and first discal stigmata are black, the plical slightly anterior, and with a small black dot in the disc midway between the plical and the base. There is also a fuscous apical patch, its anterior edge dark fuscous and limited by a hardly excurved whitish line from the costa before three-fourths to the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris excepta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Exot. Microlep. 1 (9): 279


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