Dichomeris formulata

Dichomeris formulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. formulata
Binomial name
	Dichomeris formulata; (Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
	Trichotaphe formulata Meyrick, 1922;

Dichomeris formulata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.^[1] It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.^[2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm (0.71 in). The extreme costal edge of the forewings are ochreous whitish from one-fourth to two-thirds and there is a blackish dot on the base of the costa. The stigmata is small and dark fuscous, with adjacent whitish dots posteriorly, the plical beneath the first discal. 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 formulata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris formulata (Meyrick, 1922)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 110.

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

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris formulata (Meyrick, 1922)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.

[3] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 110.

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