Dichomeris pyretodes

Dichomeris pyretodes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Guyana, Brazil and Peru.[2]

Dichomeris pyretodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. pyretodes
Binomial name
Dichomeris pyretodes
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Noeza pyretodes Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 14–16 mm (0.55–0.63 in). The forewings are ochreous-whitish, the dorsal three-fifth suffusedly tinged with pale ferruginous. The markings are suffused, dark ferruginous and there is a small mark on the base of the costa, as well as an irregular patch extending in the disc from the base to one-fourth and a slender streak along the costa from two-fifths to three-fourths. There are elongate marks towards the costa about the middle and at three-fourths, as well as a streak through the disc from about one-third to three-fourths interrupted by a whitish dot representing the first discal stigma and two representing the second. A short oblique streak terminates in the costa above the apex and there is a line along the apical portion of the costa. 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 pyretodes". 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 1914 : 277


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