Biology:Dichomeris orientis

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Short description: Species of moth

Dichomeris orientis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. orientis
Binomial name
Dichomeris orientis
Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris orientis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park and Ronald W. Hodges in 1995. It is found in China (Hong Kong, Yunnan) and Taiwan.[1]

The wingspan is 10–12 mm.[2] The forewings are greyish yellow, suffused with dark-fuscous scales and a costal blotch at three-fourths the length of the anterior margin, as well as short dark-fuscous strigulae along the anterior margin before the costal blotch. There is also a broad, dark fuscous fascia along the termen. The hindwings are grey, darker towards the posterior margin.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q20686503 entry