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Dichomeris corniculata

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Dichomeris corniculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. corniculata
Binomial name
Dichomeris corniculata
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe corniculata Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris corniculata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Assam, India and Guangdong, China.[2]

The wingspan is 21–23 mm (0.83–0.91 in). The forewings are fuscous or brownish, sometimes slightly reddish tinged and with the costal edge yellow ochreous from the base to an elongate-triangular black spot on the middle of the costa, of which the lower part is sometimes brown. There is an oblique dark fuscous or ochreous-brown spot on the fold before one-third, often nearly obsolete, the second discal stigma small, ochreous brown or dark fuscous, sometimes accompanied by a few whitish scales, the first discal sometimes also indicated. There is a pale ochreous line from the costa beyond the black spot to the dorsum before the tornus, curved inwards beneath the costa, sometimes almost obsolete, or edged anteriorly with ochreous-brown suffusion. There are some ill-defined dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris corniculata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris corniculata (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 177. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.