Dichomeris aulotoma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2][3]

Dichomeris aulotoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. aulotoma
Binomial name
Dichomeris aulotoma
Meyrick, 1917
Synonyms
  • Picroptera aulotoma
  • Dichomeris interamna Meyrick, 1926

The wingspan is about 20 mm (0.79 in). The forewings are rather dark fuscous with a white streak along the costa from the base nearly to one-third, and a subcostal streak from beyond the extremity of this to the costa before the apex. There is a white subdorsal streak rising from the base of the dorsum and running to the termen beneath the apex, posteriorly somewhat ragged. The hindwings are grey.[4]

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 aulotoma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris aulotoma Meyrick, 1917". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris aulotoma Meyrick, 1917". Afromoths. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  4. ^ Annals of the South African Museum. 17 (1): 5.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.