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Dichomeris helianthemi

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Species of moth

Dichomeris helianthemi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. helianthemi
Binomial name
Dichomeris helianthemi
(Walsingham, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Hypsolophus helianthemi Walsingham, 1903

Dichomeris helianthemi is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Spain, France and Italy.

The wingspan is about 16.5 mm (0.65 in). The forewings are pale mouse-grey, sprinkled with fuscous scales and with a slight fuscous suffusion along the costa and three ill-defined fuscous spots along the disc, the first near the base and the second before the middle, the third at the end of the cell. The hindwings are pale stone-grey.

The larvae feed on Helianthemum lavandulaefolium.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris helianthemi​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 39 : 265 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Dichomeris helianthemi


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