Dichomeris ptilocompa

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

Dichomeris ptilocompa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Brazil and Peru.[2]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in). The forewings are leaden-grey with a moderate slightly oblique blackish fascia before the middle, not reaching the costa, edged with ochreous-yellow. There is a small round dark fuscous spot edged ochreous-yellow on the end of cell, well separated from the following fascia. There is a broad blackish fascia from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, anteriorly edged by a rather oblique ochreous-yellow line indented in the middle. There are also subconfluent triangular blackish marginal dots around the apex and termen, separated anteriorly by ochreous-whitish or yellowish dots. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris ptilocompa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1922 : 113

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

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

[3] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1922 : 113