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Dichomeris iodorus

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Dichomeris iodorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. iodorus
Binomial name
Dichomeris iodorus
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus iodorus Meyrick, 1904

Dichomeris iodorus is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are rather dark fuscous, slightly tinged with purple reddish and with about six ferruginous marks arranged in a double longitudinal series in the disc above the middle. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris iodorus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris iodorus (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 432 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.