Dichomeris ochripalpella

Dichomeris ochripalpella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. ochripalpella
Binomial name
Dichomeris ochripalpella (Zeller, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
Gelechia (Trichotaphe) ochripalpella Zeller, 1873 Trichotaphe alacella Clemens, 1862 Gelechia goodellella Chambers, 1881

Dichomeris ochripalpella, the shining dichomeris moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1873.[2] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Quebec and southern Ontario to New Jersey, North Carolina and Arkansas.[3]

The length of the forewings is 5.4–6.5 mm (0.21–0.26 in).[4] The forewings are deep brown, with a steel-blue, shining streak along the costa, extending from the base to an orange-yellow costal spot at the beginning of the apical cilia, and deeply excised in the middle of the wing. Beneath the excised portion and near the inner margin is a short, steel-blue streak, and the costal streak emits a slender line to the inner margin, opposite the costal orange-yellow spot. The hindmargin has a series of steel-blue dots. The hindwings are fuscous.[5] Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Aster and Solidago species.[6]

References

1. mothphotographersgroup
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris ochripalpella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
3. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
4. Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images Archived 2015-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
5. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 1 (5) : 132 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
6. Bug Guide