Dichomeris lupata
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Dichomeris lupata (Meyrick, 1913)
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Dichomeris lupata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]
The wingspan is 16–18 mm (0.63–0.71 in). The forewings are glossy dark violet-fuscous with an oblique ochreous-whitish strigula on the costa at three-fourths and a faint line from this to the tornus. There is an ochreous-yellow streak along the termen from the apex to near the tornus, attenuated downwards, with three acute projecting teeth anteriorly. 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 lupata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 22 (1): 171