Dolerotricha
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Dolerotricha'' is a genus of
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s 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 Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...
. It contains the species ''Dolerotricha flabellifer'', which is found in
Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...
is about 13 mm. The forewings are ochreous-yellow with blackish-grey streaks. The hindwings are shining light grey.Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 46 : 175


References

Gelechiinae Gelechiidae genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Gelechiinae-stub