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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. aulotoma
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| Dichomeris aulotoma Meyrick, 1917
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris aulotoma Meyrick, 1917". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris aulotoma Meyrick, 1917". Afromoths. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ Annals of the South African Museum. 17 (1): 5.
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