Dorycnopa triphera is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1920. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.[1]
| Dorycnopa triphera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dorycnopa |
| Species: | D. triphera
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| Binomial name | |
| Dorycnopa triphera Lower, 1920
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The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, mixed with blackish and with dull ochreous markings. There is a moderately broad outwardly oblique fascia, anteriorly edged with fuscous, from just beneath the costa at one-fifth to the dorsum at about one-quarter continued along the dorsum to the middle. There are also three or four apical spots, sometimes confluent into two, as well as a small reddish-ochreous or ferruginous patch, beyond the posterior end of the cell, edged above and below with a small spot of ochreous white. A sharply defined black dot is found in the middle of the patch, sometimes edged with whitish. There is also a black, white-edged dot on the upper edge of the dorsal streak, at about one-quarter from the base of the wing. A similar dot is found in the middle of the wing, resting on the anterior edge of the ferruginous patch. The hindwings are greyish-white.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku (7 May 2014). "Dorycnopa triphera Lower, 1920". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 44: 67.
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