Dichomeris turrita

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

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

The wingspan is 15–17 mm (0.59–0.67 in). The forewings are pale fuscous with a large blackish transverse blotch, edged with whitish, occupying the median third of the dorsum, the upper edge projecting furthest posteriorly, where it reaches four-fifths across the wing. The second discal stigma is round, blackish and whitish-edged and there is an indistinct rather irregular ochreous-whitish line from two-third of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, edged with fuscous posteriorly. There is a series of dark fuscous dots around the posterior third of the costa and termen. 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 turrita". 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 : 279