Biology:Dichomeris adelocentra

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Short description: Species of moth

Dichomeris adelocentra
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. adelocentra
Binomial name
Dichomeris adelocentra
Meyrick, 1920

Dichomeris adelocentra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is known from Java in Indonesia.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are greyish ochreous with the stigmata obscure, indistinct and fuscous, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There is a small blackish-grey elongate mark on the middle of the costa, preceded and followed by ochreous-whitish suffusion and there is a fine blackish-grey marginal line around the apex, and two or three dark grey dots separated by whitish on each side of it. The hindwings are slate grey.[2]

The larvae feed on Bridelia tomentosa.

References

  1. Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia". Far Eastern Entomologist 50: 1–67. http://www.biosoil.ru/fee/1997/N-050/N-050.pdf. 
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (10): 305. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13588908 entry