Dichomeris rubidula

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

Dichomeris rubidula is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick, an amateur entomologist, in 1913.[1] It is found in Mpumalanga, South Africa.[2]

Description

The wingspan of D. rubidula is about 17 mm. The forewings are fuscous sprinkled with reddish brown, with a few black scales. The costal edge is whitish ochreous from near the base to beyond the middle. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical is beneath the first discal. There is an indistinct pale greyish-ochreous nearly straight transverse shade at three-fourths, slightly indented above the middle. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris rubidula​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris rubidula (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 303 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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