Dichomeris themelia

Dichomeris themelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. themelia
Binomial name
	Dichomeris themelia; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Trichotaphe themelia Meyrick, 1913;

Dichomeris themelia is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.^[1] It is found in Brazil (São Paulo).^[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are rather dark purplish-fuscous with a pale brownish-ochreous patch occupying the costal half of the wing from the base to three-fourths, indented by a large irregular-trapezoidal blackish blotch from the dorsum before the middle reaching two-thirds across the wing, and an irregular trilobed blackish blotch in the disc at two-thirds. The hindwings are fuscous.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris themelia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1913 (1) : 175

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

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

[3] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1913 (1) : 175

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