Dichomeris aprica
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Dichomeris aprica (Meyrick, 1913)
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Dichomeris aprica is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is known from southern India[1] (Karnataka).[2]
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are yellow-ochreous, tinged with ferruginous and with several short oblique blackish strigulae on the costa between one-third and three-fourth. The dorsal half is obscurely suffused with ferruginous and irrorated with fuscous. The hindwings are dark grey, but lighter and thinly scaled anteriorly.[3]
References
- ^ Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Li, H.-h. & K. Sattler, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 3373: 1-82.
- ^ J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 170