Biology:Dichomeris zonata
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Short description: Species of moth
| Dichomeris zonata | |
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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. zonata
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris zonata H.-H. Li & H.-J. Wang, 1997
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Dichomeris zonata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Hou-Hun Li and Hong-Jian Wang in 1997. It is found in China (Hong Kong, Yunnan).[1]
The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are ochreous brown with the basal half of the costal margin and basal three-fourths of the posterior margin brown. There is a brown spot in the cell at the base and at the end and there are two oblique spots at the middle.[2] There are at least three generations per year with adults recorded on wing in February and from April to November.
The larvae feed on Dalbergia benthamii.[3]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku (May 2, 2019). "Dichomeris zonata Li & Wang, 1997". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/dichomeridinae/dichomeris/#zonata. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ↑ Li, Houhun; Zheng, Zhemin; Wang, Hongjian. "Description of seven new species of the genus Dichomeris Hübner from China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Entomologia Sinica 4 (3): 220–230. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7917.1997.tb00094.x.
- ↑ Li, H. H.; Zhen, H.; Kendrick, R. C.; Sterling, M. J. (March 2010). "Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Taxonomic study on the genus Dichomeris Hübner, 1818, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología 38 (149): 75. http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45514996004.
Wikidata ☰ Q17436017 entry
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