Dichomeris santarosensis

Dichomeris santarosensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. santarosensis
Binomial name
	Dichomeris santarosensis; Hodges, 1985

Dichomeris santarosensis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1985.^[1] It is found in Costa Rica.^[2]

The length of the forewings is 5.7–7 mm. The forewings are streaked with orange, orange brown, yellowish grey and grey brown. The hindwings are grey brown, with darker and more intensely coloured veins.

The larvae feed on Quercus oleoides.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris santarosensis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku. "Dichomeris santarosensis Hodges, 1985". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
^ Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 87 (2): 456

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris santarosensis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Dichomeris santarosensis Hodges, 1985". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 17, 2019.

[3] Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 87 (2): 456

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