Dichomeris rubidula
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. rubidula
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris rubidula (Meyrick, 1913)
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Dichomeris rubidula is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick, an amateur entomologist, in 1913.[1] It is found in Mpumalanga, South Africa.[2]
Description
[edit]The wingspan of D. rubidula is about 17 mm. The forewings are fuscous sprinkled with reddish brown, with a few black scales. The costal edge is whitish ochreous from near the base to beyond the middle. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical is beneath the first discal. There is an indistinct pale greyish-ochreous nearly straight transverse shade at three-fourths, slightly indented above the middle. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris rubidula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris rubidula (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 303 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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