Dichomeris aprica

Dichomeris aprica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. aprica
Binomial name
	Dichomeris aprica; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Paraspistes aprica Meyrick, 1913; Brachyacma aprica;

Dichomeris aprica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is known from Karnataka in southern India.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are yellow ochreous, tinged with ferruginous and with several short oblique blackish strigulae on the costa between one-third and three-fourths. The dorsal half is obscurely suffused with ferruginous and irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. The hindwings are dark grey, but lighter and thinly scaled anteriorly.^[3]

References

^ Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
^ Li, H.-h. & Sattler, K. (2012). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Zootaxa. 3373: 1-82.
^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 170. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.

[2] Li, H.-h. & Sattler, K. (2012). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Zootaxa. 3373: 1-82.

[3] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 170. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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