Dichozoma
| Dichozoma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Dichozoma Munroe, 1961[1] |
| Species: | D. parvipicta |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichozoma parvipicta (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dichozoma is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Dichozoma parvipicta, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, California, Utah[2] and Texas.
The length of the forewings is 4.5-6 mm.[3] The forewings are pale yellow, crossed by two parallel bands of pinkish-purple. The costa is also pinkish-purple up to the first line. There is a large pinkish-purple discal spot.[4] The hindwings are white in males and shaded with pinkish terminally in females. Adults have been recorded on wing from March to May and from July to September.
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Bug Guide
- ↑ Barnes & McDunnough, 1918. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4(2): 161