''Dichomeris quercicola'' is a
moth in the family
Gelechiidae. It was described by
Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in northern
India,
Mongolia,
Transbaikalia, south-eastern
Siberia,
China
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(
Beijing,
Shaanxi,
Hunan,
Jiangxi),
Korea and
Japan
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.
The
wingspan is about . The forewings are light yellow ochreous with a narrow grey streak on the basal fourth of the costa. The stigmata is blackish, the discal approximated, the plical somewhat before the first discal. There is an oblique interrupted grey streak crossing the disc between the plical and first discal stigmata and there is a very irregular transverse line across the second discal from an elongate spot on the costa. Some irregular grey irroration (sprinkling) and suffusion is found towards the costa and dorsum except anteriorly, and in the disc posteriorly. There is also an irregular grey streak along the termen. The hindwings are whitish grey, with the veins and apex grey.
The larvae feed on ''
Quercus'' species and ''
Lespedeza cyrtoborysa''.
''Insecta Koreana'' 11: 4
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References
Moths described in 1921
quercicola
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