Dichomeris helianthemi

Dichomeris helianthemi is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in Spain,[2] France and Italy.

Dichomeris helianthemi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. helianthemi
Binomial name
Dichomeris helianthemi
(Walsingham, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Hypsolophus helianthemi Walsingham, 1903

The wingspan is about 16.5 mm (0.65 in). The forewings are pale mouse-grey, sprinkled with fuscous scales and with a slight fuscous suffusion along the costa and three ill-defined fuscous spots along the disc, the first near the base and the second before the middle, the third at the end of the cell. The hindwings are pale stone-grey.

The larvae feed on Helianthemum lavandulaefolium.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris helianthemi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 39 : 265


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