Dichomeris hoplocrates | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Dichomeris |
Species: | D. hoplocrates
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Binomial name | |
Dichomeris hoplocrates (
Meyrick, 1932)
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Dichomeris hoplocrates is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. [1] It is found on the Japanese islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. [2]
The length of the forewings is 6.2–7.5 mm (0.24–0.30 in). Adults are similar to Dichomeris enoptrias, but the forewings are shining metallic leaden blue with well-developed broad longitudinal streaks running obliquely from the anterior margin at one-third to the tornus. There is also a small whitish strigula at three-fourths of the anterior margin. [3]
The larvae feed on Duchesnea chrysantha, Rubus sieboldii and Rubus buergeri.