Biology:Dichomeris antizyga
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Short description: Species of moth
| Dichomeris antizyga | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. antizyga
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris antizyga Meyrick, 1913
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Dichomeris antizyga is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Namibia and the South Africa n provinces of Mpumalanga and Gauteng.[2]
The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are yellow ochreous with the base of the costa dark fuscous. There is a small blackish dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata are moderate, black, the plical slightly beyond the first discal, the second discal connected with the dorsum by some pale greyish suffusion. There is a short blackish-grey streak from the apex along the upper part of the termen. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Dichomeris antizyga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=100288.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris antizyga Meyrick, 1913". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/DICHANTI. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3 (4): 303. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/203783#page/371/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q13572527 entry
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