Dichomeris aleatrix: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Gelechiidae
- Genus
- Dichomeris
- Species
- Dichomeris aleatrix
- Scientific Name
- Dichomeris aleatrix
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Dichomeris aleatrix
Dichomeris aleatrix, the buffy dichomeris moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1986. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Ontario south to Tennessee and north to Illinois.
The length of the forewings is about 9 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to July and in September.
The larvae feed on Helianthus species, Helianthus hirsutus and Helianthus rigidus.
...Dichomeris aleatrix in languages:
- English
- buffy dichomeris
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Dichomeris achne
- Dichomeris aglaia
- Dichomeris aleatrix
- Dichomeris alphito
- Dichomeris barnesiella
- Dichomeris baxa
- Dichomeris bilobella
- Dichomeris bolize
- Dichomeris copa
- Dichomeris delotella
- Dichomeris furia
- Dichomeris gleba
- Dichomeris gnoma
- Dichomeris inserrata
- Dichomeris juncidella
- Dichomeris laetitia
- Dichomeris leuconotella
- Dichomeris mica
- Dichomeris mimesis
- Dichomeris mulsa
- Dichomeris nonstrigella
- Dichomeris ochripalpella
- Dichomeris pelta
- Dichomeris purpureofusca
- Dichomeris scrutaria
- Dichomeris serrativittella
- Dichomeris setosella
- Dichomeris simpliciella
- Dichomeris stipendiaria
- Dichomeris vindex