Biology:Dichomeris aprica

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Short description: Species of moth

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

Dichomeris aprica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is known from Karnataka in southern India.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are yellow ochreous, tinged with ferruginous and with several short oblique blackish strigulae on the costa between one-third and three-fourths. The dorsal half is obscurely suffused with ferruginous and irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. The hindwings are dark grey, but lighter and thinly scaled anteriorly.[3]

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. Li, H.-h. & Sattler, K. (2012). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Zootaxa. 3373: 1-82.
  3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 170. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13588970 entry