Dichomeris diacrita

Dichomeris diacrita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. diacrita
Binomial name
	Dichomeris diacrita; (Diakonoff, [1968])
Synonyms
	Atasthalistis diacrita Diakonoff, [1968];

Dichomeris diacrita is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1968.^[1] It is found on Luzon in the Philippines.^[2]

The wingspan is about 14.5 mm. The forewings are light milky green with blackish and white markings. There is a transverse series of small blackish scales at one-fifth and another similar transverse series from below two-thirds of the costa, as well as a short transverse mark on the dorsum beyond the middle. The hindwings are dark bronze blackish fuscous.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris diacrita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018. Note: This source has a year of description of 1967.
^ Dichomeris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Bulletin of the United States National Museum 257: 152

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris diacrita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018. Note: This source has a year of description of 1967.

[2] Dichomeris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[3] Bulletin of the United States National Museum 257: 152

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