Trichotaphe_famosa

<i>Dichomeris famosa</i>

Dichomeris famosa

Species of moth

Dichomeris famosa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kasaï-Oriental), Malawi and Zimbabwe.[2]

Quick Facts Dichomeris famosa, Scientific classification ...

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are dark purplish ashy fuscous. The stigmata is very obscure, blackish, with the discal approximated, the plical beneath the first discal, the second discal transverse. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris famosa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. [2]
    De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris famosa (Meyrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  3. [3]
    Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (7): 202. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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