Dichomeris rurigena

Dichomeris rurigena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. rurigena
Binomial name
	Dichomeris rurigena; (Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
	Pachysaris rurigena Meyrick, 1914;

Dichomeris rurigena is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914.^[1] It is found in Guyana.^[2]

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are brown with a small blackish spot at the base of the costa. The discal stigmata is minute, dark fuscous, with a faint hardly paler slightly bent shade from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus. There is also a terminal series of minute dark fuscous dots. 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 rurigena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
^ Dichomeris at funet
^ Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1914 : 277

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

[2] Dichomeris at funet

[3] Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1914 : 277

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