Dichomeris macroxyla
Dichomeris macroxyla is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Assam, India.[2]
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The wingspan is 18–20 mm (0.71–0.79 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous, the posterior two-thirds of the costa, and dorsum and termen throughout rather broadly suffused with brown, darkest on the margin of the wing, cut at the apex by a fine streak of ground colour. The stigmata is minute, blackish, the plical slightly before the first discal. A black line runs around the apex and termen. 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 macroxyla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris macroxyla (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 180.
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