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Dichomeris acratopa

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Species of moth

Dichomeris acratopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. acratopa
Binomial name
Dichomeris acratopa
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Prasodryas acratopa Meyrick, 1926

Dichomeris acratopa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Cameroon.

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). Adults are similar to Dichomeris fracticostella, but have the stigmata simple, dot like and dark grey, with the plical beneath the first discal.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris acratopa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris acratopa (Meyrick, 1926)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (9): 288. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Dichomeris acratopa


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