Dichomeris tristicta

Dichomeris tristicta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914.[1] It is found in Panama.[2]

Dichomeris tristicta
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D. tristicta
Binomial name
Dichomeris tristicta
Busck, 1914

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are light ochreous brown with a round black dot on the middle of the cell, another at the end of the cell and a similar one on the fold, all slightly edged with reddish brown. The base of the costal edge black and there is a series of small black dots around the apical edge. The hindwings are dark brownish fuscous.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris tristicta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. "Dichomeris Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 17


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