Dichomeris macroxyla

Dichomeris macroxyla is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]

Dichomeris macroxyla
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D. macroxyla
Binomial name
Dichomeris macroxyla
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe macroxyla Meyrick, 1913

The wingspan is 18–20 mm (0.71–0.79 in). The forewings are whitish-ochreous, the posterior two-thirds of the costa, and dorsum and termen throughout rather broadly suffused with brown, darkest on the margin of the wing, cut at the apex by a fine streak of ground colour. The stigmata is minute, blackish, the plical slightly before the first discal. A black line runs around the apex and termen. 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 macroxyla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 22 (1): 180


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