Dichomeris lygropa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.[2]

Dichomeris lygropa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. lygropa
Binomial name
Dichomeris lygropa
(Lower, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus lygropa Lower, 1903

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous greenish with the costa more or less strigulated throughout with blackish. The markings are blackish with a dot in middle at one-fourth from the base, a second before the middle, the third beyond, the three forming a longitudinal series and more or less edged with a white dot and a fourth dot below and between the second and third, as well as an obscure row of dots along the termen and apical fourth of the costa. The hindwings are blackish.[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). "​Dichomeris lygropa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris lygropa (Lower, 1903)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 27 (1): 70.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.