Dichomeris thyrsicola

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

Dichomeris thyrsicola is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.^[1] It is found in India (Assam).^[2]

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are greyish-ochreous, with a few scattered black scales and with the costa suffused with dark grey except towards the apex, where it is tinged with crimson. The stigmata is indicated by small indistinct spots of grey suffusion, the discal approximated, the plical rather before the first discal. 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 thyrsicola". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
^ Dichomeris at funet
^ J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 171

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

[2] Dichomeris at funet

[3] J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 171

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