Dichomeris porphyrogramma

Dichomeris porphyrogramma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Guyana, Peru, and Pará, Brazil.[2]

Dichomeris porphyrogramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. porphyrogramma
Binomial name
Dichomeris porphyrogramma
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe porphyrogramma Meyrick, 1914
  • Trichotaphe porphyrogramma – Meyrick, 1922 (redescription)

The wingspan is 11–13 mm (0.43–0.51 in). The forewings are pale ochreous, suffused with bright deep ferruginous or ferruginous brown. All veins and the costa are marked with purple-blue or violet-grey streaks. The hindwings are dark grey, lighter anteriorly.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris porphyrogramma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris porphyrogramma (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 279.


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