Biology:Dichomeris chlorophracta
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Short description: Species of moth
| Dichomeris chlorophracta | |
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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. chlorophracta
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris chlorophracta Meyrick, 1921
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Dichomeris chlorophracta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Zimbabwe.[2]
The wingspan is 12[3]-17 mm. The forewings are dark violet fuscous with a moderate whitish-ochreous costal streak at the base extending to dorsum, at three-fourths with a triangular expansion where a narrow transverse fascia runs to the dorsum before the tornus, continued around the apical portion of the costa and termen to the dorsal end of the fascia as a slender streak dotted with dark fuscous. The hindwings are light grey.[4]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Dichomeris chlorophracta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=100358.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris chlorophracta Meyrick, 1921". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/EPICCHLO. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8 (2): 82. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/202863#page/156/mode/1up.
- ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (9): 285.
Wikidata ☰ Q13589083 entry
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