Dichomeris adactella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Australia.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Dichomeris |
Species: | D. adactella
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Binomial name | |
Dichomeris adactella (Walker, 1864)
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Adults are cupreous with white forewings with an interrupted and abbreviated cupreous-white speckled costal stripe. The apical area is cupreous. The hindwings are whitish cinereous (ash grey) towards the base.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Dichomeris adactella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 30: 1027 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.