Dichomeris xuthochyta

Dichomeris xuthochyta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. xuthochyta
Binomial name
	Dichomeris xuthochyta; Turner, 1919

Dichomeris xuthochyta is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Turner in 1919.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.^[2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are fuscous with the discal dots very obscurely darker, the plical beyond the first discal. The hindwings are fuscous with a large tornal ochreous blotch extending from mid-dorsum to mid-termen.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris xuthochyta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
^ Dichomeris at funet
^ Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10) : 168

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

[2] Dichomeris at funet

[3] Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10) : 168

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