Biology:Dichomeris hortulana
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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. hortulana
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| Dichomeris hortulana (Meyrick, 1918)
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Dichomeris hortulana is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in India , South Africa , the Seychelles, where it has been recorded from Silhouette and Mahé as well as Mauritius and Mayotte.[2][3]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark iron grey with fulvous-ochreous markings and an irregular basal patch, not reaching the costa. There is a transverse fasciate blotch from the dorsum before the middle, edged with lighter, the apex rounded, not reaching the costa. There is also an outwards-oblique fasciate blotch from the middle of the costa, edged with lighter, reaching two-thirds of the way across the wing, towards the costa suffused with blackish. There is a straight slightly inwards-oblique transverse line from the costa at three-fourths, the apical area beyond this suffused with blackish, with cloudy black marginal dots. The hindwings are dark grey.[4]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Dichomeris hortulana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=100488.
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (May 2, 2019). "Dichomeris hortulana (Meyrick, 1918)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/dichomeridinae/dichomeris/#hortulana. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris hortulana (Meyrick, 1918)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/TRICHORT. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 23–24.
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Wikidata ☰ Q13589314 entry
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