Biology:Dichomeris rurigena

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Short description: Species of moth

Dichomeris rurigena
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. rurigena
Binomial name
Dichomeris rurigena
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Pachysaris rurigena Meyrick, 1914

Dichomeris rurigena is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Guyana.[2]

The wingspan is 17–19 mm (0.67–0.75 in). The forewings are brown with a small blackish spot at the base of the costa. The discal stigmata is minute, dark fuscous, with a faint hardly paler slightly bent shade from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus. There is also a terminal series of minute dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13589666 entry