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Dichomeris triplagella

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Dichomeris triplagella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. triplagella
Binomial name
Dichomeris triplagella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia triplagella Walker, 1864

Dichomeris triplagella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[2]

Adults are fawn coloured, the forewings thickly speckled with blackish and mostly tinged with chalybeous (steel blue). There are three brown patches, the first and second irregularly triangular, the first resting on the interior border before the middle and the second resting on the costa beyond the middle. The third forms a submarginal band. The hindwings are cupreous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Dichomeris triplagella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  3. ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 618Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.