Dichomeris ochripalpella: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Gelechiidae
- Genus
- Dichomeris
- Species
- Dichomeris ochripalpella
- Scientific Name
- Dichomeris ochripalpella
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Dichomeris ochripalpella
Dichomeris ochripalpella, the shining dichomeris moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1873. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Quebec and southern Ontario to New Jersey, North Carolina and Arkansas.
The length of the forewings is 5.4–6.5 mm (0.21–0.26 in). 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. Adults are on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on Aster and Solidago species.
...Dichomeris ochripalpella in languages:
- English
- Shining Dichomeris Moth
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
We recommend you sign up for this excellent, free service.
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





























































































































































