Biology:Dichomeris semnias

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Short description: Species of moth

Dichomeris semnias
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. semnias
Binomial name
Dichomeris semnias
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Gaesa semnias Meyrick, 1926

Dichomeris semnias is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in north-eastern India .[2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm (0.71 in). The forewings are slaty fuscous suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with darker and with the anterior half of the costa dark fuscous with about eight ochreous-whitish dots. The stigmata are minute, grey whitish, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13589698 entry