Dichomeris helianthemi

Dichomeris helianthemi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. helianthemi
Binomial name
	Dichomeris helianthemi; (Walsingham, 1903)
Synonyms
	Hypsolophus helianthemi Walsingham, 1903;

Dichomeris helianthemi is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.^[1] It is found in Spain,^[2] France and Italy.

The wingspan is about 16.5 mm. The forewings are pale mouse-grey, sprinkled with fuscous scales and with a slight fuscous suffusion along the costa and three ill-defined fuscous spots along the disc, the first near the base and the second before the middle, the third at the end of the cell. The hindwings are pale stone-grey.

The larvae feed on Helianthemum lavandulaefolium.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris helianthemi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Dichomeris at funet
^ Ent. mon. Mag. 39 : 265

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

[2] Dichomeris at funet

[3] Ent. mon. Mag. 39 : 265

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