Dichomeris thanatopsis
Dichomeris thanatopsis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]
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The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are whitish grey with some minute fuscous dots near the base beneath the costa, and above and beneath the fold. There is a dot on the fold before the middle, other discal dots are obsolete, but there is a dot on the tornus and a few fuscous scales before the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris thanatopsis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- Savela, Markku (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris thanatopsis (Lower, 1901)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- "The Australian Gelechianae (Lepidoptera)".
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