Biology:Dichomeris memnonia
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Short description: Species of moth
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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. memnonia
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| Dichomeris memnonia (Meyrick, 1913)
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Dichomeris memnonia is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]
The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are dark ashy purplish fuscous with bronzy-blackish markings, as well as an oblique transverse bar in the disc at one-fourth, not reaching the margins. There is also a broad cloudy transverse median fascia and a moderately broad fascia from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus. There is also a narrow terminal fascia. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Dichomeris memnonia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=100589.
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris memnonia (Meyrick, 1913)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/dichomeridinae/dichomeris/#memnonia.
- ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1913 (1): 176.
Wikidata ☰ Q13589453 entry
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