Dichomeris olivescens

Dichomeris olivescens is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

Dichomeris olivescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. olivescens
Binomial name
Dichomeris olivescens
Meyrick, 1913

The wingspan is 21–22 mm (0.83–0.87 in). The forewings are pale ochreous, with a faint greenish tinge, indistinctly strigulated with brownish except towards the costa anteriorly. The anterior three-fifths of the costa are closely marked with black dots or short strigulae. The stigmata are dark brown, more or less edged with white posteriorly, and with the discal approximated and the plical rather before the first discal. There is a small dark brown spot on the costa at three-fourths, and one on the dorsum towards the tornus. A series of dark brown or blackish dots are found on the termen and posterior part of the costa. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris olivescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris olivescens Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 175.


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