Dissoptila crocodora
| Dissoptila crocodora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dissoptila |
| Species: | D. crocodora
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| Binomial name | |
| Dissoptila crocodora Meyrick, 1922
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Dissoptila crocodora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Peru and Amazonas, Brazil.[1]
The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are purplish grey with the basal fourth deep ochreous yellow, from where a streak extends along the costa to near the apex, marked with a blackish dash on the costa in the middle, and a longer one at about three-fourths. The discal tufts at one-third are blackish grey. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 12, 2015). "Dissoptila crocodora Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 65.
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