Biology:Dichomeris helianthemi
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. helianthemi
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| Dichomeris helianthemi (Walsingham, 1903)
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Dichomeris helianthemi is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in Spain ,[2] France and Italy.
The wingspan is about 16.5 mm (0.65 in). The forewings are pale mouse-grey, sprinkled with fuscous scales and with a slight fuscous suffusion along the costa and three ill-defined fuscous spots along the disc, the first near the base and the second before the middle, the third at the end of the cell. The hindwings are pale stone-grey.
The larvae feed on Helianthemum lavandulaefolium.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Dichomeris helianthemi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=100475.
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. "Dichomeris". FUNET. https://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/dichomeridinae/dichomeris/.
- ↑ Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 39 : 265
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Wikidata ☰ Q13572551 entry
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