Biology:Dichomeris physocoma
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Short description: Species of moth
| Dichomeris physocoma | |
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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. physocoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris physocoma Meyrick, 1926
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Dichomeris physocoma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in Sierra Leone.[2]
The wingspan is about 13 mm (0.51 in). The forewings are violet grey with a small whitish-ochreous spot on the costa before three-fourths and minute blackish marginal dots around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Dichomeris physocoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=100665.
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris physocoma Meyrick, 1926". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/dichomeridinae/dichomeris/#physocoma.
- ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (9): 286.
Wikidata ☰ Q13572576 entry
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