Dichomeris introspiciens

Dichomeris introspiciens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. introspiciens
Binomial name
	Dichomeris introspiciens; (Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
	Trichotaphe introspiciens Meyrick, 1926;

Dichomeris introspiciens is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal.[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous slightly speckled with fuscous, paler towards the costa and with the costal edged whitish tinged except towards the apex. The stigmata are cloudy, dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal, these edged posteriorly and the second discal anteriorly by a few whitish scales. There is a terminal series of minute indistinct dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris introspiciens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris introspiciens (Meyrick, 1926)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (9): 287.

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

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris introspiciens (Meyrick, 1926)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (9): 287.