| Dichomeris metrodes | |
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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. metrodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris metrodes Meyrick, 1913 | |
Dichomeris metrodes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in southern India, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
The wingspan is 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous, partially suffused with pale yellow ochreous tinged with grey and with a black mark on the base of the costa, and several black dots between this and three-fifths. There is a spot of blackish irroration (sprinkles) towards the dorsum at one-fourth. The stigmata are black, with the discal approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. A grey spot is found towards the costa before the middle, one beneath the first discal stigma, and some suffusion along the median portion of the dorsum, sometimes confluent. There is a patch of dark grey suffusion on the costa at three-fourths, and one on the dorsum beneath the second discal stigma. There is also a streak of dark grey suffusion along the termen. The hindwings are whitish grey, thinly scaled anteriorly.
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris metrodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris metrodes Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 172.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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