Biology:Dichomeris ampliata

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Short description: Species of moth

Dichomeris ampliata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. ampliata
Binomial name
Dichomeris ampliata
Meyrick, 1913
Synonyms
  • Gaesa ampliata Meyrick, 1925

Dichomeris ampliata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is known from north-eastern India and Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 22–23 mm. The forewings are violet fuscous, with the extreme costal edge pale ochreous except towards the base. The stigmata are obscure, dark fuscous, the discal approximated and the plical slightly before the first discal. There is a series of dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are fuscous.[2]

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. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 175. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13588945 entry