Dichomeris praevacua

Dichomeris praevacua is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Shanghai, China.[2]

Dichomeris praevacua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. praevacua
Binomial name
Dichomeris praevacua Meyrick, 1922

The wingspan is about 16 mm (0.63 in). The forewings are pale ochreous yellow, the costa with a short dark fuscous streak on the base, then shortly strigulated with dark fuscous to a spot of dark grey irroration (sprinkles) at three-fourths. The dorsal edge is slightly speckled with grey and there are cloudy dark fuscous dots above and below the fold at one-fourth the upper posterior. The stigmata are blackish, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal and there is some slight grey irroration from the costal spot at three-fourths to a similar spot on the dorsum opposite. There is also an irregular streak of dark grey suffusion along the termen, thickest near the apex, sometimes black marked on the terminal edge. The hindwings are light grey, paler and thinly scaled towards the base.[3]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris praevacua". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris praevacua Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
3. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (16): 504.