Dichomeris rurigena

Dichomeris rurigena is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Guyana.[2]

Dichomeris rurigena
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D. rurigena
Binomial name
Dichomeris rurigena
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Pachysaris rurigena Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 17–19 mm (0.67–0.75 in). The forewings are brown with a small blackish spot at the base of the costa. The discal stigmata is minute, dark fuscous, with a faint hardly paler slightly bent shade from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus. There is also a terminal series of minute dark fuscous dots. 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 rurigena". 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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