Dichomeris hortulana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. hortulana
Binomial name
Dichomeris hortulana
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe hortulana Meyrick, 1918
  • Cymotricha tetraschema Meyrick, 1931
  • Dichomeris ceponoma Meyrick, 1918

Dichomeris hortulana is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in India, South Africa, the Seychelles, where it has been recorded from Silhouette and Mahé as well as Mauritius and Mayotte.[2][3]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark iron grey with fulvous-ochreous markings and an irregular basal patch, not reaching the costa. There is a transverse fasciate blotch from the dorsum before the middle, edged with lighter, the apex rounded, not reaching the costa. There is also an outwards-oblique fasciate blotch from the middle of the costa, edged with lighter, reaching two-thirds of the way across the wing, towards the costa suffused with blackish. There is a straight slightly inwards-oblique transverse line from the costa at three-fourths, the apical area beyond this suffused with blackish, with cloudy black marginal dots. The hindwings are dark grey.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris hortulana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (May 2, 2019). "Dichomeris hortulana (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris hortulana (Meyrick, 1918)". Afromoths. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 23–24.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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