Dichomeris hoplocrates

Dichomeris hoplocrates
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. hoplocrates
Binomial name
	Dichomeris hoplocrates; (Meyrick, 1932)
Synonyms
	Tricyanaula hoplocrates Meyrick, 1932;

Dichomeris hoplocrates is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932.[1] It is found on the Japanese islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu.[2]

The length of the forewings is 6.2–7.5 mm (0.24–0.30 in). Adults are similar to Dichomeris enoptrias, but the forewings are shining metallic leaden blue with well-developed broad longitudinal streaks running obliquely from the anterior margin at one-third to the tornus. There is also a small whitish strigula at three-fourths of the anterior margin.[3]

The larvae feed on Duchesnea chrysantha, Rubus sieboldii and Rubus buergeri.

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tricyanaula hoplocrates". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris hoplocrates (Meyrick, 1932)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
Insecta Koreana 12: 32

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

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris hoplocrates (Meyrick, 1932)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.

[3] Insecta Koreana 12: 32