Dichomeris fulvicilia

Dichomeris fulvicilia is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[2]

Dichomeris fulvicilia
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D. fulvicilia
Binomial name
Dichomeris fulvicilia
(Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe fulvicilia Meyrick, 1922

The wingspan is 16–17 mm (0.63–0.67 in). The forewings are pale ochreous, thinly speckled with dark brown and with a rather broad ill-defined streak of dark brown suffusion beneath the middle from the base of the dorsum to the termen beneath the apex. There is a slender suffused dark brown streak along the costa from the middle to near the apex, as well as a dark fuscous terminal interrupted line or series of dots. 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 fulvicilia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris fulvicilia (Meyrick, 1922)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 via FUNET.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 109.


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