Dichomeris aprica explained

Dichomeris aprica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is known from Karnataka in southern India.^{[1] [2]}

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are yellow ochreous, tinged with ferruginous and with several short oblique blackish strigulae on the costa between one-third and three-fourths. The dorsal half is obscurely suffused with ferruginous and irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. The hindwings are dark grey, but lighter and thinly scaled anteriorly.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Ponomarenko . M. G. . October–November 1997 . Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia . Far Eastern Entomologist . 50 . 1–67 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020072018/http://www.biosoil.ru/fee/1997/N-050/N-050.pdf . October 20, 2013.
2. Li, H.-h. & Sattler, K. (2012). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Zootaxa. 3373: 1-82.
3. https://archive.org/stream/journalofbombayn221913bomb#page/170/mode/1up Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 170.