Biology:Dichomeris turgida
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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. turgida
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| Dichomeris turgida (Meyrick, 1918)
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Dichomeris turgida is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in South Africa .[2][3]
The wingspan is about 18 mm (0.71 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous with a small black mark on the base of the costa. The stigmata are small, dark fuscous, the first discal represented by a short linear dash, the plical slightly beyond this. The costa is slenderly dark fuscous from two-fifths to the apex, cut by a whitish line which runs from two-thirds of the costa to near the apex and then strongly curved to the tornus, and posteriorly by three oblique whitish strigulae. There is a fine whitish terminal line marked with several small blackish dots, the space between this and the preceding line brownish-tinged. The hindwings are grey.[4]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Dichomeris turgida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=100806.
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. "Dichomeris". https://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/dichomeridinae/dichomeris/.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris byrsoxantha (Meyrick, 1918)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/TRICBYRS. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6 (2): 24. https://journals.co.za/content/nfi_annalstm/6/2/AJA00411752_795.
Wikidata ☰ Q13589848 entry
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