Dichomeris pladarota

Dichomeris pladarota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. pladarota
Binomial name
	Dichomeris pladarota; Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris pladarota is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, suffused with pale grey from the base to the subterminal line except towards the anterior half of the costa. The terminal area is suffusedly sprinkled with grey and the costal edge is black near the base. The stigmata are moderate, blackish, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal, the second discal somewhat transverse. There is an indistinct rather irregular slightly bent pale ochreous subterminal line at four-fifths and some indistinct fuscous marginal dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen, united into a line around apex. 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 pladarota". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris pladarota Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 84 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris pladarota". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris pladarota Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 84 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.