Dichomeris ptilocompa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. ptilocompa
Binomial name
Dichomeris ptilocompa
Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris ptilocompa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Brazil and Peru.[2]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in). The forewings are leaden grey with a moderate slightly oblique blackish fascia before the middle, not reaching the costa, edged with ochreous yellow. There is a small round dark fuscous spot edged with ochreous yellow on the end of cell, well separated from the following fascia. There is a broad blackish fascia from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, anteriorly edged by a rather oblique ochreous-yellow line indented in the middle. There are also subconfluent triangular blackish marginal dots around the apex and termen, separated anteriorly by ochreous-whitish or yellowish dots. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris ptilocompa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris ptilocompa Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 113.


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