Dichomeris plasticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. plasticus
Binomial name
Dichomeris plasticus
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus plasticus Meyrick, 1904
  • Telephila plasticus Meyrick, 1904

Dichomeris plasticus is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

The wingspan is 16–18 mm (0.63–0.71 in). The forewings are yellow ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous, with the plical and second discal stigmata small, obscure, dark fuscous. There is a small suffused dark fuscous spot before the tornus. The hindwings are grey, but darker posteriorly.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Telephila plasticus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris plasticus (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 433. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t0js9jt3x – via Internet Archive.


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