Dichomeris ellipsias
| Dichomeris ellipsias | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. ellipsias
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris ellipsias Meyrick, 1922
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Dichomeris ellipsias is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]
The wingspan is about 11 mm (0.43 in). The forewings are rather dark grey with a rather oblique transverse elliptical blackish blotch at one-third, yellowish edged, nearly reaching the dorsum, not nearly reaching the costa. There is also a round blackish-yellowish-edged spot in the disc before three-fourths, as well as a moderately broad blackish fascia from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, anteriorly edged by a yellow-ochreous line indented in the middle. There are also triangular blackish marginal dots around the apex and termen, separated anteriorly with ochreous whitish. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris ellipsias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris ellipsias Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 114.
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