Dichomeris ostracodes

Dichomeris ostracodes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1916.[1] It is found in Burma and on Java.[2]

Dichomeris ostracodes
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D. ostracodes
Binomial name
Dichomeris ostracodes
Meyrick, 1916

The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are brownish-ochreous with the costa irregularly strigulated with dark fuscous from near the base to the middle and with a dark fuscous triangular blotch on the costa beyond the middle, reaching one-third across the wing. The stigmata are small, dark brownish, with the plical beneath the first discal, and with a faint brownish oblique fascia from one-fourth of the costa to these. There is also a narrow dark fuscous terminal fascia. 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 ostracodes". 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 1 (19): 583


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