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Dichomeris hoplocrates

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

dichomeris hoplocrates


Dichomeris hoplocrates is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1932. It is found in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu).

The length of the forewings is 6.2-7.5 mm. 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-fourth the anterior margin.

The larvae feed on Duchesnea chrysantha, Rubus sieboldii and Rubus buergeri.

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Dichomeris hoplocrates Wikipedia