Dichomeris byrsoxantha
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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[edit]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris byrsoxantha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris byrsoxantha (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris byrsoxantha (Meyrick, 1918)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 23 – via Sabinet.
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