Dichomeris orthacma

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Dichomeris orthacma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]

Dichomeris orthacma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. orthacma
Binomial name
Dichomeris orthacma
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Picroptera orthacma
  • Megacraspedus taphrites Meyrick, 1937

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and with a rather broad fuscous median streak from the base to the apex, the upper edge mixed with dark fuscous. There is a black dot on the fold beneath the middle of the wing and a marginal series of black dots on the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are whitish 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 orthacma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris orthacma Meyrick, 1926". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 332.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.