Biology:Dichomeris pelitis
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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. pelitis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris pelitis (Meyrick, 1913)
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Dichomeris pelitis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Assam, India.[2]
The wingspan is 17–19 mm (0.67–0.75 in). The forewings are pale brownish ochreous with the costal edge pale ochreous yellowish. The stigmata is blackish, the discal moderate, the plical small, rather beyond the first discal. There is a small dark fuscous mark on the costa beyond the middle, and a row of dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. There is also a faint pale curved subterminal line, slightly indented opposite the apex. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Dichomeris pelitis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=100650.
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris pelitis (Meyrick, 1913)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/dichomeridinae/dichomeris/#pelitis.
- ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 179.
Wikidata ☰ Q13589553 entry
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