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Dichomeris tepens

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Species of moth

Dichomeris tepens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. tepens
Binomial name
Dichomeris tepens
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Cymotricha tepens Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris tepens is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found on Madagascar.

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are ferruginous ochreous with a cloudy ferruginous-fuscous dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata is moderate, cloudy, ferruginous fuscous, the plical somewhat before the first discal, the second discal transverse. The hindwings are light grey.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris tepens​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris tepens (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 2. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Dichomeris tepens


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