Dichomeris tristicta

Dichomeris tristicta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. tristicta
Binomial name
Dichomeris tristicta
Busck, 1914

Dichomeris tristicta is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by August Busck in 1914.[1] It is found in Panama.[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are light ochreous brown with a round black dot on the middle of the cell, another at the end of the cell and a similar one on the fold, all slightly edged with reddish brown. The base of the costal edge black and there is a series of small black dots around the apical edge. The hindwings are dark brownish fuscous.[3]

References

  1. LepIndex
  2. "Dichomeris Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 17


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