Biology:Dichomeris metrodes
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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. metrodes
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris metrodes Meyrick, 1913
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Dichomeris metrodes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in southern India , Sri Lanka and South Africa .[2]
The wingspan is 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous, partially suffused with pale yellow ochreous tinged with grey and with a black mark on the base of the costa, and several black dots between this and three-fifths. There is a spot of blackish irroration (sprinkles) towards the dorsum at one-fourth. The stigmata are black, with the discal approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. A grey spot is found towards the costa before the middle, one beneath the first discal stigma, and some suffusion along the median portion of the dorsum, sometimes confluent. There is a patch of dark grey suffusion on the costa at three-fourths, and one on the dorsum beneath the second discal stigma. There is also a streak of dark grey suffusion along the termen. The hindwings are whitish grey, thinly scaled anteriorly.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Dichomeris metrodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=100596.
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris metrodes Meyrick, 1913". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/dichomeridinae/dichomeris/#metrodes.
- ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 172.
Wikidata ☰ Q13572564 entry
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