Biology:Dichomeris ampycota

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Short description: Species of moth

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

Dichomeris ampycota is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is known from Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are purplish fuscous, suffused with ferruginous brownish except towards the costa anteriorly. The costal edge and cilia are ferruginous from three-fourths to the apex and the stigmata are obscure and dark fuscous, each marked with a grey-whitish dot. The discal is approximated and the plical smaller, rather before the first discal. There is also a spot of dark fuscous suffusion on the dorsum rather beyond the second discal. The hindwings are grey.[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): 176. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13588947 entry