Dichomeris thanatopsis

Dichomeris thanatopsis
Scientific classification
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;

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]

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

^ 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.
^ Savela, Markku (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris thanatopsis (Lower, 1901)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ "The Australian Gelechianae (Lepidoptera)".

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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)".

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