Biology:Dichomeris ochripalpella
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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. ochripalpella
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| Dichomeris ochripalpella (Zeller, 1873)[1]
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Dichomeris ochripalpella, the shining dichomeris moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1873.[2] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Quebec and southern Ontario to New Jersey, North Carolina and Arkansas.[3]
The length of the forewings is 5.4–6.5 mm (0.21–0.26 in).[4] The forewings are deep brown, with a steel-blue, shining streak along the costa, extending from the base to an orange-yellow costal spot at the beginning of the apical cilia, and deeply excised in the middle of the wing. Beneath the excised portion and near the inner margin is a short, steel-blue streak, and the costal streak emits a slender line to the inner margin, opposite the costal orange-yellow spot. The hindmargin has a series of steel-blue dots. The hindwings are fuscous.[5] Adults are on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on Aster and Solidago species.[6]
References
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Dichomeris ochripalpella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=100624.
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. "Dichomeris". FUNET. https://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/dichomeridinae/dichomeris/.
- ↑ Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images
- ↑ Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 1 (5) : 132
- ↑ Bug Guide
Wikidata ☰ Q13589508 entry
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