Dichomeris fluctuans

Dichomeris fluctuans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. fluctuans
Binomial name
	Dichomeris fluctuans; (Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
	Cymotricha fluctuans Meyrick, 1923;

Dichomeris fluctuans is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1923.^[1] It is found in Peru.^[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are violet-brown, the costal edge light yellowish. The stigmata are hardly darker, small, the plical beneath the first discal. There are two cloudy ochreous-yellowish dots on the costa towards the apex and indistinct darker marginal dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris fluctuans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (1-2): 2

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris fluctuans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (1-2): 2

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