Dichomeris hemichrysella

Dichomeris hemichrysella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.[1] It is found in Brazil (Amazonas), Guyana and Peru.[2]

Dichomeris hemichrysella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. hemichrysella
Binomial name
Dichomeris hemichrysella
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Psecadia hemichrysella Walker, 1863
  • Sophronia excisorella Walker, 1864
  • Dichomeris macroptera Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are ochreous brown, with lilac reflections, somewhat lighter towards the disc. The dorsal half is deep ferruginous, with the division rather irregular, somewhat whitish edged in the disc. The dorsal edge is suffused with dark grey towards the base. The stigmata is elongate, blackish, the plical slightly beyond the first discal, sometimes confluent with it. There are blackish streaks on veins four and five towards the termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey, lighter in the disc anteriorly.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Dichomeris hemichrysella (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1914: 283


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