Dichomeris sacricola

Dichomeris sacricola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. sacricola
Binomial name
Dichomeris sacricola
(Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Zalitha sacricola Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris sacricola is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Peru and Amazonas, Brazil.[2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm (0.47–0.51 in). The forewings are glossy dark indigo-blue leaden with an orange oblong blotch on the dorsum beyond the middle, the upper angles with rather diverging fasciate lobes not reaching the costa, the posterior including a transverse-linear dark fuscous mark. There is an angulated orange transverse line at four-fifths, and narrow orange terminal fascia, these are sometimes suffused together or with the anterior portion in the disc variably suffused with dark fuscous, sometimes with dark fuscous dots on marginal edge. The hindwings are dark 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 sacricola​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris sacricola (Meyrick, 1922)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 102. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.