Dichomeris oxygrapha

Dichomeris oxygrapha is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in South Africa and Mozambique.[2]

Dichomeris oxygrapha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. oxygrapha
Binomial name
Dichomeris oxygrapha
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe oxygrapha Meyrick, 1913

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are dark grey, with a slight bluish or purplish tinge and with the costal edge ochreous-white from the base to two-thirds, marked at the base with a black dot. There is a large cloudy dark fuscous sometimes transverse dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata are rather large, cloudy, dark fuscous, the plical somewhat obliquely before the first discal, both these sometimes followed by one or two white scales, the second discal transverse. There is also an ochreous-whitish dot on the costa at three-fourths, where a fine zigzag line of whitish scales runs to the tornus, sometimes hardly traceable. A series of blackish dots is found around the apical portion of the costa and termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris oxygrapha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 302 Archived March 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine


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