Dichomeris lygropa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Dichomeris |
Species: | D. lygropa
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Binomial name | |
Dichomeris lygropa (Lower, 1903)
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Dichomeris lygropa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.[2]
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous greenish with the costa more or less strigulated throughout with blackish. The markings are blackish with a dot in middle at one-fourth from the base, a second before the middle, the third beyond, the three forming a longitudinal series and more or less edged with a white dot and a fourth dot below and between the second and third, as well as an obscure row of dots along the termen and apical fourth of the costa. The hindwings are blackish.[3]