Dichomeris praevacua

Dichomeris praevacua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. praevacua
Binomial name
	Dichomeris praevacua; Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris praevacua is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in China (Shanghai).[2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm (0.63 in). The forewings are pale ochreous-yellow, the costa with a short dark fuscous streak on the base, then shortly strigulated dark fuscous to a spot of dark grey irroration at three-fourths. The dorsal edge is slightly speckled with grey and there are cloudy dark fuscous dots above and below the fold at one-fourth, the upper posterior. The stigmata are blackish, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal and there is some slight grey irroration from the costal spot at three-fourths to a similar spot on the dorsum opposite. There is also an irregular streak of dark grey suffusion along the termen, thickest near the apex, sometimes black-marked on the terminal edge. The hindwings are light grey, paler and thinly scaled towards the base.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris praevacua". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (16): 504

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris praevacua". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (16): 504