Dichomeris vigilans
Dichomeris vigilans is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Guyana.[2]
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The wingspan is 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in). The forewings are light ochreous bronzy with a black dot on the base of the costa and an irregular black dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata is black, the discal large and pale edged, with the plical small, beneath the first discal. There is a whitish-ochreous spot on the costa at three-fourths, where a slightly curved indistinct whitish-ochreous line runs to the tornus. There is also a row of black dots around the posterior part of the costa and 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 vigilans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris vigilans (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 275.
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