Dichomeris thanatopsis

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Dichomeris thanatopsis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

Dichomeris thanatopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. thanatopsis
Binomial name
Dichomeris thanatopsis
(Lower, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus thanatopsis Lower, 1901
  • Macrozancla mendica Turner, 1919

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are whitish grey with some minute fuscous dots near the base beneath the costa, and above and beneath the fold. There is a dot on the fold before the middle, other discal dots are obsolete, but there is a dot on the tornus and a few fuscous scales before the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris thanatopsis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris thanatopsis (Lower, 1901)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ "The Australian Gelechianae (Lepidoptera)".  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.