Dichomeris aphanopa

Dichomeris aphanopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. aphanopa
Binomial name
	Dichomeris aphanopa; Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris aphanopa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in South Africa's North West and in Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are pale grey closely irrorated (sprinkled) with dark purple fuscous. The stigmata are cloudy, darker and hardly traceable, the plical beneath the first discal. There is a somewhat more distinct spot edged posteriorly with grey midway between the first discal and the base. 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 aphanopa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris aphanopa Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 83 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris aphanopa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris aphanopa Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 25, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 83 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.