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Dichomeris viridescens

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Dichomeris viridescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. viridescens
Binomial name
Dichomeris viridescens
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Zalithia viridescens Meyrick, 1918
  • Hyperecta viridescens Meyrick, 1918

Dichomeris viridescens is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in Assam, India.[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are lilac grey with a dark purplish median streak from the base to one-fourth and a greyish-blue blotch in the disc at one-third, extending suffusedly almost to the dorsum. There is a broad rather oblique greyish-blue fasciate patch in the disc beyond the middle, extending nearly to the margins. The discal space before this and a fascia beyond it are rather dark purplish fuscous with deep emerald-green reflections. Beyond this is a metallic-blue trapezoidal blotch occupying the apical and terminal areas, preceded on the costa by a triangular blackish spot before which is a white mark. The hindwings are dull ochreous, the apical fourth suffused with dark fuscous and with a large basal patch of modified light grey fine scales.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Hyperecta viridescens​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris viridescens (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera 2: 143 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.