Dichomeris festa

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

Dichomeris festa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, the veins irregularly lined or streaked with deep ferruginous and the dorsal area suffused with ferruginous, as well as with some ferruginous suffusion towards the costa posteriorly, and beyond the cell, extending beneath vein 8 to the apex. The discal stigmata is represented by narrow elongate very oblique deep ferruginous spots. The hindwings are ochreous tinged with fuscous.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris festa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris festa (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 81 – 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 festa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris festa (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 81 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.