Dichomeris opsorrhoa

Dichomeris opsorrhoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. opsorrhoa
Binomial name
	Dichomeris opsorrhoa; (Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
	Trichotaphe opsorrhoa Meyrick, 1929;

Dichomeris opsorrhoa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous with a brownish-ochreous streak beneath the costa from the base to about one-third, and a short streak on the base of the dorsum joining this at the origin. The stigmata are cloudy, dark fuscous, with the plical beneath the first discal, and some ochreous suffusion on the sides of these, and a streak joining the discal. There is an ochreous transverse shade at three-fourths, angulated in the middle. There is also some ochreous irroration or suffusion posteriorly, especially towards the three or four dark terminal dots. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris opsorrhoa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris opsorrhoa (Meyrick, 1929)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16): 512.

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

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris opsorrhoa (Meyrick, 1929)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16): 512.