Dorycnopa orthodesma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]
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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. orthodesma
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| Dorycnopa orthodesma (Lower, 1901)
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The wingspan is 8–12 mm. The forewings are white with three moderately broad suffused pale ochreous equidistant fasciae, irregularly edged. The first from one-sixth of the costa to one-sixth of the inner margin, the second before the middle of the costa to before the middle of the inner margin, and the third from five-sixths of the costa to two-thirds of the inner margin. There is a suffused pale ochreous line along the termen. The hindwings are grey whitish in females and blackish in males.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (7 May 2014). "Dorycnopa orthodesma (Lower, 1901)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 25 (2): 79.
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