Dichomeris peristylis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and Western Australia.[2]

Dichomeris peristylis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. peristylis
Binomial name
Dichomeris peristylis
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus peristylis Meyrick, 1904
  • Dichomeris perlevis Turner, 1919

The wingspan is about 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are whitish suffused with grey and with fuscous dots, one on the fold at one-fourth, the first discal about the middle, the second at three-fourths and the plical before the first discal. There is an interrupted blackish line around the apex and termen. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris peristylis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris peristylis (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. ^ Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 31 (10): 168.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.