Dichomeris hortulana

Dichomeris hortulana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. hortulana
Binomial name
	Dichomeris hortulana; (Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
	Trichotaphe hortulana Meyrick, 1918; Cymotricha tetraschema Meyrick, 1931; Dichomeris ceponoma Meyrick, 1918;

Dichomeris hortulana is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.^[1] It is found in India, South Africa, the Seychelles, where it has been recorded from Silhouette and Mahé as well as Mauritius and Mayotte.^[2]^[3]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark iron grey with fulvous-ochreous markings and an irregular basal patch, not reaching the costa. There is a transverse fasciate blotch from the dorsum before the middle, edged with lighter, the apex rounded, not reaching the costa. There is also an outwards-oblique fasciate blotch from the middle of the costa, edged with lighter, reaching two-thirds of the way across the wing, towards the costa suffused with blackish. There is a straight slightly inwards-oblique transverse line from the costa at three-fourths, the apical area beyond this suffused with blackish, with cloudy black marginal dots. The hindwings are dark grey.^[4]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris hortulana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku, ed. (May 2, 2019). "Dichomeris hortulana (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris hortulana (Meyrick, 1918)". Afromoths. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
^ Meyrick, E. (1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 23–24. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bippus, M., 2020. Records of Lepidoptera from the Malagasy region with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Noctuidae, Alucitidae, Choreutidae, Euteliidae, Gelechiidae, Blastobasidae, Pterophoridae, Tonzidae, Tineidae, Praydidae, Cosmopterigidae, Batrachedridae). - Phelsuma 28: 60-100

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris hortulana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (May 2, 2019). "Dichomeris hortulana (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 4, 2020.

[3] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris hortulana (Meyrick, 1918)". Afromoths. Retrieved July 4, 2020.

[4] Meyrick, E. (1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 23–24. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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