''Dichomeris hortulana'' is a
moth in the family
Gelechiidae. It was described by
Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in
India,
South Africa, the
Seychelles, where it has been recorded from
Silhouette and
Mahé as well as
Mauritius and
Mayotte.
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.
[Meyrick, E. (1918)]
"Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera"
''Annals of the Transvaal Museum''. 6 (2): 23–24.
References
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
Moths described in 1918
hortulana
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