Biology:Dichomeris thanatopsis
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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. thanatopsis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris thanatopsis (Lower, 1901)
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Dichomeris thanatopsis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901.[1] It is found in Australia , where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are whitish grey with some minute fuscous dots near the base beneath the costa, and above and beneath the fold. There is a dot on the fold before the middle, other discal dots are obsolete, but there is a dot on the tornus and a few fuscous scales before the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Dichomeris thanatopsis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=100784.
- ↑ Savela, Markku (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris thanatopsis (Lower, 1901)". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/dichomeridinae/dichomeris/#thanatopsis. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ↑ "The Australian Gelechianae (Lepidoptera)".
Wikidata ☰ Q13589798 entry
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