Dichomeris latescens

Dichomeris latescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. latescens
Binomial name
	Dichomeris latescens; (Walsingham, 1911)
Synonyms
	Paranoea latescens Walsingham, 1911;

Dichomeris latescens is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1911.^[1] It is found in Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco).^[2]

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are cream-colour, with a slight yellowish tinge. A pale chestnut-brown costal blotch beyond the middle is followed by a series of small chestnut-brown dots around the apex and termen, at the base of the creamy yellowish cilia. A faint chestnut dot lies at the end of the cell. The hindwings are pale greyish cinereous.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris latescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Dichomeris at funet
^ Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 79

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

[2] Dichomeris at funet

[3] Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 79

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