Dichomeris sphyrocopa

Dichomeris sphyrocopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. sphyrocopa
Binomial name
	Dichomeris sphyrocopa; (Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
	Trichotaphe sphyrocopa Meyrick, 1918;

Dichomeris sphyrocopa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in French Guiana.[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are light pinkish-ochreous, with violet reflections and a small black dot near the base in the middle, as well as two large blackish dorsal blotches, finely edged ochreous-whitish, reaching four-fifth across the wing, first irregularly subquadrate, extending on the dorsum from one-fourth to three-fifths, with the upper edge irregular-convex, the second resting on the dorsum before the tornus, transverse, anteriorly projecting a large rounded lobe into the disc, posteriorly suffused, the terminal area beyond it suffused grey. There are dark grey connected marginal dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. 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 sphyrocopa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (5): 150

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris sphyrocopa". 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 (5): 150