Dichomeris ochripalpella
| Dichomeris ochripalpella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. ochripalpella |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris ochripalpella (Zeller, 1873)[1] | |
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Dichomeris ochripalpella, the shining dichomeris moth, is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by 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.[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]