Dichomeris antizyga
Appearance
Dichomeris antizyga | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Dichomeris |
Species: | D. antizyga
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Binomial name | |
Dichomeris antizyga Meyrick, 1913
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Dichomeris antizyga is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Namibia and the South African provinces of Mpumalanga and Gauteng.[2]
The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are yellow ochreous with the base of the costa dark fuscous. There is a small blackish dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata are moderate, black, the plical slightly beyond the first discal, the second discal connected with the dorsum by some pale greyish suffusion. There is a short blackish-grey streak from the apex along the upper part of the termen. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris antizyga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris antizyga Meyrick, 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 303 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.