Dichomeris hoplocrates

Dichomeris hoplocrates
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. hoplocrates
Binomial name
	Dichomeris hoplocrates; (Meyrick, 1932)
Synonyms
	Tricyanaula hoplocrates Meyrick, 1932;

Dichomeris hoplocrates is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1932.^[1] It is found in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu).^[2]

The length of the forewings is 6.2–7.5 mm (0.24–0.30 in). Adults are similar to Dichomeris enoptrias, but the forewings are shining metallic leaden-blue with well-developed broad longitudinal streaks running obliquely from the anterior margin at one-third to the tornus. There is also a small whitish strigula at three-fourth the anterior margin.^[3]

The larvae feed on Duchesnea chrysantha, Rubus sieboldii and Rubus buergeri.

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tricyanaula hoplocrates". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ Insecta Koreana 12 : 32

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

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

[3] Insecta Koreana 12 : 32

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