Biology:Dichomeris byrsoxantha
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. byrsoxantha
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris byrsoxantha (Meyrick, 1918)
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Dichomeris byrsoxantha is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in South Africa .[2][3]
The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are ochreous orange tinged with ferruginous. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the discal approximated, transverse, the first rather oblique, the plical dot like, beneath the first discal. There is a terminal series of dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are grey.[4]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Dichomeris byrsoxantha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=100333.
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris byrsoxantha (Meyrick, 1918)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/dichomeridinae/dichomeris/#byrsoxantha.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris byrsoxantha (Meyrick, 1918)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/TRICBYRS. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6 (2): 23. https://journals.co.za/content/nfi_annalstm/6/2/AJA00411752_795.
Wikidata ☰ Q13589036 entry
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