| Dichomeris lygropa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. lygropa |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris lygropa (Lower, 1903) | |
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Dichomeris lygropa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.[2]
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous greenish with the costa more or less strigulated throughout with blackish. The markings are blackish with a dot in middle at one-fourth from the base, a second before the middle, the third beyond, the three forming a longitudinal series and more or less edged with a white dot and a fourth dot below and between the second and third, as well as an obscure row of dots along the termen and apical fourth of the costa. The hindwings are blackish.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris lygropa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ↑ Savela, Markku (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris lygropa (Lower, 1903)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ↑ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 27 (1): 70.
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