Dicranucha crateropis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dicranucha
Species:
D. crateropis
Binomial name
Dicranucha crateropis
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia crateropis Meyrick, 1921

Dicranucha crateropis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.[1][2]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, with a band along the costa and the terminal third sprinkled with dark fuscous. There are small blackish spots on the base of the costa and dorsum and sometimes a small mark between these. The stigmata are large, round and blackish, the plical beneath the first discal. There is a similar spot on the dorsum beneath the second discal and a submarginal row of large irregular blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 14, 2014). "Dicranucha crateropis (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dicranucha crateropis (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 91 via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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