Biology:Dita phococara
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Short description: Species of moth
Dita phococara | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Genus: | Dita |
Species: | D. phococara
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Binomial name | |
Dita phococara J. F. G. Clarke, 1978
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Dita phococara is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile .[1]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are buckthorn brown with the costa, from the base to the apical fifth, cinnamon brown. From the apical fifth of the costa a transverse cinnamon-brown shade extends to the dorsum, where it is broadest. In the center of the cell, there is a small cinnamon-brown spot and at the end of the cell a sordid white dot. The hindwings are greyish fuscous.[2]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Dita phococara Clarke, 1978". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/oecophoridae/oecophorinae/dita/#phococara. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ↑ J. F. Gates Clarke (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 48. http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0273.pdf. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q13592563 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dita phococara.
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