Dichomeris xuthochyta
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Dichomeris |
Species: | D. xuthochyta
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Binomial name | |
Dichomeris xuthochyta Turner, 1919
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Dichomeris xuthochyta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1919.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]
The wingspan is about 10 mm (0.39 in). The forewings are fuscous with the discal dots very obscurely darker, the plical beyond the first discal. The hindwings are fuscous with a large tornal ochreous blotch extending from mid-dorsum to mid-termen.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris xuthochyta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10) : 168 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.