Dichomeris fareasta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 1994.[1][failed verification] It is found in south-eastern Siberia and Korea.[2]

Dichomeris fareasta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. fareasta
Binomial name
Dichomeris fareasta
Park, 1994

The length of the forewings is 9.5–11 mm. The forewings are greyish brown with a black stigma at the base, a small black spot near the basal one-fourth and two similar spots near the middle and one near the end of the cell, edged with white scales posteriorly. There are also numerous irregularly scattered black spots and two to three dark brown spots along the anterior margin. The hindwings are grey, but darker posteriorly.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (May 2, 2019). "Dichomeris chinganella (Christoph, 1882)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 4, 2019. Note: This source gives Dichomeris fareasta as a synonym of Dichomeris chinganella.
  3. ^ Insecta Koreana 11: 4