Dichomeris plasticus

Dichomeris plasticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. plasticus
Binomial name
	Dichomeris plasticus; (Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
	Ypsolophus plasticus Meyrick, 1904; Telephila plasticus Meyrick, 1904;

Dichomeris plasticus is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.^[2]

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are yellow-ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous, with the plical and second discal stigmata small, obscure, dark fuscous. There is a small suffused dark fuscous spot before the tornus. The hindwings are grey, but darker posteriorly.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Telephila plasticus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
^ Dichomeris at funet
^ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 29 (2) : 433

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Telephila plasticus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.

[2] Dichomeris at funet

[3] Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 29 (2) : 433

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