Dichomeris quercicola

Dichomeris quercicola is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in northern India, Mongolia, Transbaikalia, south-eastern Siberia, China (Beijing, Shaanxi, Hunan, Jiangxi), Korea and Japan.[2]

Dichomeris quercicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. quercicola
Binomial name
Dichomeris quercicola Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are light yellow-ochreous with a narrow grey streak on the basal fourth of the costa. The stigmata is blackish, the discal approximated, the plical somewhat before the first discal. There is an oblique interrupted grey streak crossing the disc between the plical and first discal stigmata and there is a very irregular transverse line across the second discal from an elongate spot on the costa. Some irregular grey irroration and suffusion is found towards the costa and dorsum except anteriorly, and in the disc posteriorly. There is also an irregular grey streak along the termen. The hindwings are whitish-grey, with the veins and apex grey.[3]

The larvae feed on Quercus species and Lespedeza cyrtoborysa.[4]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris quercicola". 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 (14): 433
4. Insecta Koreana 11 : 4