''Dissoptila mutabilis'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

in the family

Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable d ...

. It was described by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern m ...

in 1914. It is found in Guyana. The

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is 9–10 mm. The forewings are pale yellowish ochreous or whitish ochreous, sometimes only faintly clouded with darker, often more or less wholly suffused with grey or dark grey

irroration This glossary of entomology describes terms used in the formal study of insect species by entomologists. A–C A synthetic chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, toxic to vertebrates. Though i ...

(sprinkling). The basal area is sometimes mixed with

ferruginous The adjective ferruginous may mean: * Containing iron, applied to water, oil, and other non-metals * Having rust on the surface * With the rust (color) See also * Ferrous, containing iron (for metals and alloys) or iron(II) cations * Ferric, conta ...

yellow and there are two large blackish tufts transversely placed in the disc at one-third. There are often longitudinal grey marks on the

costa Costa may refer to: Biology * Rib (Latin: ''costa''), in vertebrate anatomy * Costa (botany), the central strand of a plant leaf or thallus * Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral * Costa (entomology), the leading edge of th ...

before the middle and about two-thirds. The hindwings are rather dark grey, paler and thinly scaled in the disc anteriorly.''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London''. 1914: 235.

References

Dissoptila Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Moths described in 1914 {{Gelechiinae-stub