Dichomeris physeta
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Dichomeris physeta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Dichomeris |
Species: | D. physeta
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Binomial name | |
Dichomeris physeta (Meyrick, 1913)
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Dichomeris physeta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]
The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous. The stigmata are indistinct, cloudy, blackish, the plical hardly before the first discal. There are indistinct blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are roughly hairy on the dorsal two-thirds from the base to beyond the middle. They are dark fuscous.[3]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris physeta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris physeta (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 302 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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