Dichomeris monococca
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Dichomeris |
Species: | D. monococca
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Binomial name | |
Dichomeris monococca (Meyrick, 1921)
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Dichomeris monococca is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Mozambique.[2]
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish grey with some scattered blackish scales between the veins and a cloudy blackish dot in the disc at one-fourth. There is a small oval whitish spot in the disc before the middle, edged anteriorly with blackish and followed by a blackish elongate blotch. The plical stigma is cloudy, blackish and nearly beneath the whitish spot. There is a cloudy whitish dot on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris monococca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris monococca (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 85 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.