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Dichomeris tactica

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Species of moth

Dichomeris tactica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. tactica
Binomial name
Dichomeris tactica
Meyrick, 1918

Dichomeris tactica is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Ecuador.

The wingspan is 11–12 mm (0.43–0.47 in). The forewings are grey irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish and blackish. The stigmata is cloudy and black, the plical is beneath the first discal. There are cloudy black marginal dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris tactica​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris tactica Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 152. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Dichomeris tactica


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