Dichomeris plumbosa

Dichomeris plumbosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. plumbosa
Binomial name
	Dichomeris plumbosa; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Trichotaphe plumbosa Meyrick, 1913;

Dichomeris plumbosa is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.^[1] It is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga).^[2]

The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are rather dark slaty-fuscous, with a few scattered black scales and a cloudy dark fuscous transverse dot above the fold at one-fourth. The stigmata is cloudy, dark fuscous, the plical somewhat obliquely before the first discal. There is also a whitish dot on the costa at two-thirds, where a very faint pale slightly curved shade crosses the wing. Some black dots are found around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris plumbosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
^ Afro Moths
^ Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 302 Archived March 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 302 Archived March 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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