Dorycnopa orthodesma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

Dorycnopa orthodesma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dorycnopa
Species:
D. orthodesma
Binomial name
Dorycnopa orthodesma
(Lower, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Bactrolopha orthodesma Lower, 1901

The wingspan is 8–12 mm. The forewings are white with three moderately broad suffused pale ochreous equidistant fasciae, irregularly edged. The first from one-sixth of the costa to one-sixth of the inner margin, the second before the middle of the costa to before the middle of the inner margin, and the third from five-sixths of the costa to two-thirds of the inner margin. There is a suffused pale ochreous line along the termen. The hindwings are grey whitish in females and blackish in males.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (7 May 2014). "Dorycnopa orthodesma (Lower, 1901)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 25 (2): 79.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.