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Dichomeris

genus of insects

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Dichomeris is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818.

Selected species

ligulella species group

Dichomeris ligulella Hübner, 1818

Dichomeris gausapa Hodges, 1986

acuminata species group

Dichomeris acuminatus (Staudinger, 1876)

Dichomeris nenia Hodges, 1986

condaliavorella species group

Dichomeris condaliavorella (Busck, 1900)

citrifoliella species group

Dichomeris blanchardorum Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris citrifoliella (Chambers, 1880)

Dichomeris carycina (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris caryophragma (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris diacnista (Meyrick, 1923)

marginella species group

Dichomeris marginella (Fabricius, 1781)

Dichomeris juniperella (Linnaeus, 1761)

solatrix species group

Dichomeris solatrix Hodges, 1986

hypochloa species group

Dichomeris hypochloa Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris sacricola (Meyrick, 1922)

Dichomeris thanatopsis (Lower, 1901)

punctipennella species group

Dichomeris punctipennella (Clemens, 1860)

punctidiscella species group

Dichomeris punctidiscellus (Clemens, 1863)

Dichomeris diva Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris sylphe Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris empusa Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris indigna (Walsingham, 1892)

Dichomeris lypetica Walsingham, 1911

hirculella species group

Dichomeris hirculella Busck, 1909

Dichomeris caia Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris ardelia Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris tactica Meyrick, 1918

siren species group

Dichomeris siren Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris latescens (Walsingham, 1911)

Dichomeris ceratomoxantha (Meyrick, 1929)

flavocostella species group

Dichomeris flavocostella (Clemens, 1860)

Dichomeris fistuca Hodges, 1986

inversella species group

Dichomeris inversella (Zeller, 1873)

Dichomeris kimballi Hodges, 1986

ventrella species group

Dichomeris ventrellus (Fitch, 1854)

Dichomeris georgiella (Walker, 1866)

Dichomeris vacciniella Busck, 1915

Dichomeris bipunctellus (Walsingham, 1882)

Dichomeris atomogypsa (Meyrick, 1932)

Dichomeris sparsellus (Christoph, 1882)

Dichomeris tostella Stringer, 1930

setosella species group

Dichomeris setosella (Clemens, 1860)

Dichomeris vindex Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris mulsa Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris mica Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris aglaia Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris delotella Busck, 1909

Dichomeris gleba Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris alphito Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris laetitia Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris stipendiaria (Braun, 1925)

Dichomeris bilobella (Zeller, 1873)

Dichomeris aleatrix Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris copa Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris scrutaria Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris furia Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris purpureofusca (Walsingham, 1882)

Dichomeris nonstrigella (Chambers, 1878)

Dichomeris ochripalpella (Zeller, 1873)

Dichomeris achne Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris inserrata (Walsingham, 1882)

Dichomeris pelta Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris bolize Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris legnotoa Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris illusio Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris mimesis Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris serrativittella (Zeller, 1873)

Dichomeris xanthoa Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris isa Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris simulata Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris imitata Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris barnesiella (Busck, 1907)

Dichomeris simpliciella (Busck, 1904)

Dichomeris baxa Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris gnoma Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris washingtoniella (Busck, 1906)

Dichomeris levisella (Fyles, 1904)

Dichomeris leuconotella (Busck, 1904)

Dichomeris mercatrix Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris euprepes Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris juncidella (Clemens, 1860)

glenni species group

Dichomeris glenni Clarke, 1947

Dichomeris acritopa Meyrick, 1935

Dichomeris acrochlora (Meyrick, 1905)

costarufoella species group

Dichomeris costarufoella (Chambers, 1874)

Dichomeris agonia Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris offula Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris crepida Hodges, 1986

Dichomeris melanophylla (Turner, 1919)

Dichomeris chlorophracta Meyrick, 1921

heriguronis species group

Dichomeris heriguronis (Matsumura, 1931)

sybilla species group

Dichomeris sybilla Hodges, 1986

Acanthophila species group (often treated as a valid genus)

unplaced to species group

Dichomeris abscessella (Walker, 1863)

Dichomeris achlyodes (Meyrick, 1904)

Dichomeris acmodeta (Meyrick, 1931)

Dichomeris acratopa (Meyrick, 1926)

Dichomeris acrochlora (Meyrick, 1905)

Dichomeris acrogypsa Turner, 1919

Dichomeris acrolychna Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris aculata Park, 2001

Dichomeris adactella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris adelocentra Meyrick, 1920

Dichomeris aenigmatica (Clarke, 1962)

Dichomeris aequata Meyrick, 1914

Dichomeris aestuosa (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris agathopa Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris agorastis (Meyrick, 1931)

Dichomeris albiscripta (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris albula Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris allantopa Meyrick, 1934

Dichomeris alogista Meyrick, 1935

Dichomeris amauropis (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris amblopis (Janse, 1954)

Dichomeris amblychroa (Janse, 1954)

Dichomeris amblystola (Janse, 1954)

Dichomeris amorpha (Meyrick, 1937)

Dichomeris amphichlora (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris amphicoma Meyrick, 1912

Dichomeris amphicosma (Meyrick, 1930)

Dichomeris ampliata Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris ampycota (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris analoxa (Meyrick, 1911)

Dichomeris angulata Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris anisacuminata Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris anisospila Meyrick, 1934

Dichomeris anomala (Janse, 1960)

Dichomeris anticrates (Meyrick, 1931)

Dichomeris antiloxa (Meyrick, 1931)

Dichomeris antisticha Meyrick, 1926

Dichomeris antisticta (Meyrick, 1929)

Dichomeris antizella Viette, 1986

Dichomeris antizyga Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris aomoriensis Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris aphanopa Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris apicispina Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris aplectodes (Janse, 1960)

Dichomeris apludellus (Lederer, 1869)

Dichomeris aprica (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris ardesiella Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris argentaria Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris argentenigera Li, Zhen & Kendrick, 2010

Dichomeris argentinellus (Berg, 1885)

Dichomeris argigastra Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris arotrosema Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris arquata Li, Zhen & Mey, 2013

Dichomeris asaphocosma (Meyrick, 1934)

Dichomeris asodes Meyrick, 1939

Dichomeris asteropis Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris atactodes (Janse, 1954)

Dichomeris atricornis (Meyrick, 1934)

Dichomeris atriguttata (Meyrick, 1931)

Dichomeris attenta Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris aulotoma Meyrick, 1917

Dichomeris aurisulcata (Meyrick, 1922)

Dichomeris autometra (Meyrick, 1934)

Dichomeris autophanta (Meyrick, 1921)

Dichomeris badiolineariella Ponomarenko & Ueda, 2004

Dichomeris balioella Ponomarenko & Ueda, 2004

Dichomeris baccata Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris barathrodes (Meyrick, 1909)

Dichomeris barbella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Dichomeris barymochla (Meyrick, 1935)

Dichomeris bifurca Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris biplagata Meyrick, 1931

Dichomeris bisignellus (Snellen, 1885)

Dichomeris bispotalis Walia & Wadhawan, 2004

Dichomeris bitinctella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris bodenheimeri (Rebel, 1926)

Dichomeris bomiensis Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris brachygrapha Meyrick, 1920

Dichomeris brachymetra Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris brachyptila Meyrick, 1916

Dichomeris brevicornuta Li, Zhen & Mey, 2013

Dichomeris bucinaria Park, 1996

Dichomeris bulawskii Ponomarenko & Park, 1996

Dichomeris byrsoxantha (Meyrick, 1918)

Dichomeris cachrydias Meyrick, 1914

Dichomeris caerulescens (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris capillata (Walsingham, 1911)

Dichomeris capnites (Meyrick, 1904)

Dichomeris carinella Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris caryoplecta (Meyrick, 1930)

Dichomeris castellana (Schmidt, 1941)

Dichomeris caustonota (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris cellaria (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris centracma (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris ceponoma Meyrick, 1918

Dichomeris ceramoxantha (Meyrick, 1929)

Dichomeris chalcophaea Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris chalinopis (Meyrick, 1935)

Dichomeris chalybitis (Meyrick, 1920)

Dichomeris charonaea (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris chartaria (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris chinganella (Christoph, 1882)

Dichomeris chlanidota (Meyrick, 1927)

Dichomeris christophi Ponomarenko & Mey, 2002

Dichomeris cinctella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris cinnabarina (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris cinnamicostella (Zeller, 1877)

Dichomeris cirrhostola Turner, 1919

Dichomeris cisti (Staudinger, 1859)

Dichomeris citharista (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris clarescens Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris claviculata (Meyrick, 1909)

Dichomeris cocta (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris coenulenta (Meyrick, 1927)

Dichomeris collina (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris concinnalis (Feisthamel, 1839)

Dichomeris conclusa (Meyrick, 1918)

Dichomeris condylodes (Meyrick, 1921)

Dichomeris consertellus (Christoph, 1882)

Dichomeris contentella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris contrita (Meyrick, 1922)

Dichomeris corniculata (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris costalis Busck, 1914

Dichomeris cotifera Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris crambaleas (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris craspedotis (Meyrick, 1937)

Dichomeris crepitatrix Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris crossospila Meyrick, 1933

Dichomeris cuprea Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris cuspis Park, 1994

Dichomeris cyanoneura (Meyrick, 1922)

Dichomeris cyclospila (Meyrick, 1918)

Dichomeris cymatodes (Meyrick, 1916)

Dichomeris cymotrocha (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris cyprophanes (Meyrick, 1918)

Dichomeris davisi Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris deceptella (Snellen, 1903)

Dichomeris decusella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris deltaspis (Meyrick, 1905)

Dichomeris deltoxyla (Meyrick, 1934)

Dichomeris dentata Li, Zhen & Mey, 2013

Dichomeris designatella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris derasella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Dichomeris diacrita (Diakonoff, [1968])

Dichomeris dicausta (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris diffurca Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris dignella Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris directa (Meyrick, 1912)

Dichomeris dolichaula Meyrick, 1931

Dichomeris doxarcha (Meyrick, 1916)

Dichomeris dryinodes (Lower, 1897)

Dichomeris dysnotata (Janse, 1954)

Dichomeris dysorata Turner, 1919

Dichomeris ebenosella (Viette, 1968)

Dichomeris elegans Park, 2001

Dichomeris ellipsias Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris elliptica (Forbes, 1931)

Dichomeris enoptrias (Meyrick, 1911)

Dichomeris eosella (Viette, 1956)

Dichomeris eridantis (Meyrick, 1907)

Dichomeris erixantha (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris eucomopa Meyrick, 1939

Dichomeris euparypha (Meyrick, 1922)

Dichomeris eurynotus (Walsingham, 1897)

Dichomeris eustacta Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris evitata Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris exallacta (Meyrick, 1926)

Dichomeris excavata Busck, 1914

Dichomeris excepta Meyrick, 1914

Dichomeris excoriata Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris explicata (Meyrick, 1929)

Dichomeris exsecta Meyrick, 1927

Dichomeris externella (Zeller, 1852)

Dichomeris famosa (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris famulata Meyrick, 1914

Dichomeris fareasta Park, 1994

Dichomeris ferrata Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris ferrogra Li & Wang, 1997

Dichomeris ferruginosa Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris festa (Meyrick, 1921)

Dichomeris fida Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris finitima (Meyrick, 1921)

Dichomeris fluctuans (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris fluitans Meyrick, 1920

Dichomeris formulata (Meyrick, 1922)

Dichomeris fracticostella (Walsingham, 1891)

Dichomeris frenigera (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris fulvicilia (Meyrick, 1922)

Dichomeris fungifera (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris furvellus (Zeller, 1852)

Dichomeris fusca Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris fuscahopa Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris fuscalis Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris fuscanella (Caradja, 1920)

Dichomeris fuscodelta Walia & Wadhawan, 2004

Dichomeris fuscusitis Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris gansuensis Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris geochrota (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris gnophrina (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Dichomeris gorgopa (Meyrick, 1918)

Dichomeris griseostola (Janse, 1960)

Dichomeris griseola (Janse, 1960)

Dichomeris habrochitona Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris hamata (Janse, 1954)

Dichomeris hamulifera Li, Zhen & Kendrick, 2010

Dichomeris hansi Walia & Wadhawan, 2004

Dichomeris haplopa (Janse, 1960)

Dichomeris harmonias Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris helianthemi (Walsingham, 1903)

Dichomeris hemeropa (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris hemichrysella (Walker, 1863)

Dichomeris hercogramma (Meyrick, 1921)

Dichomeris heteracma Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris hexasticta Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris hodgesi Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris holomela (Lower, 1897)

Dichomeris hoplocrates (Meyrick, 1932)

Dichomeris hortulana (Meyrick, 1918)

Dichomeris homaloxesta (Meyrick, 1921)

Dichomeris horiodes Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris horocompsa Meyrick, 1933

Dichomeris horoglypta Meyrick, 1932

Dichomeris hylurga Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris ignorata Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris illicita (Meyrick, 1929)

Dichomeris illucescens (Meyrick, 1918)

Dichomeris imbricata Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris immerita (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris impigra Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris inclusa (Meyrick, 1927)

Dichomeris indignus (Walsingham, [1892])

Dichomeris indiserta Meyrick, 1926

Dichomeris ingloria Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris inspiciens (Meyrick, 1931)

Dichomeris instans Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris intensa Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris intentella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris introspiciens (Meyrick, 1926)

Dichomeris iodorus (Meyrick, 1904)

Dichomeris ironica (Meyrick, 1909)

Dichomeris isoclera (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris issikii (Okada, 1961)

Dichomeris jiangxiensis Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris jugata Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris junisonensis Matsumura, 1931

Dichomeris kalesarensis Walia & Wadhawan, 2004

Dichomeris lamprostoma (Zeller, 1847)

Dichomeris lativalvata Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris latipalpis (Walsingham, 1881)

Dichomeris leontovitchi (Ghesquière, 1940)

Dichomeris leptosaris Meyrick, 1932

Dichomeris lespedezae Park, 1994

Dichomeris leucocosma (Meyrick, 1916)

Dichomeris leucostena Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris leucothicta Meyrick, 1919

Dichomeris levigata (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris ligulacea Li, Zhen & Mey, 2013

Dichomeris ligyra (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris limbipunctellus (Staudinger, 1859)

Dichomeris limosellus (Schläger, 1849)

Dichomeris linealis Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris lissota (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris litoxyla Meyrick, 1937

Dichomeris lividula Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris loxonoma Meyrick, 1937

Dichomeris loxospila (Meyrick, 1932)

Dichomeris lucrifuga Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris lupata (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris lushanae Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris lutea Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris lutilinea Ponomarenko & Park, 1996

Dichomeris lutivittata Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris lygropa (Lower, 1903)

Dichomeris macrosphena (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris macroxyla (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris malachias (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris malacodes (Meyrick, 1910)

Dichomeris malthacopa (Meyrick, 1922)

Dichomeris manellus (Möschler, 1890)

Dichomeris manticopodina Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris marginata (Walsingham, 1891)

Dichomeris matsumurai Ponomarenko & Ueda, 2004

Dichomeris marmoratus (Walsingham, 1891)

Dichomeris maturata (Meyrick, 1921)

Dichomeris melanortha Meyrick, 1929

Dichomeris melanosoma (Meyrick, 1920)

Dichomeris melanota Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris melichrous (Meyrick, 1904)

Dichomeris melitura (Meyrick, 1916)

Dichomeris memnonia (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris mengdana Li & Zheng, 1997

Dichomeris menglana Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris meridionella (Walsingham, 1881)

Dichomeris mesoctenis Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris mesoglena Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris metatoxa (Meyrick, 1935)

Dichomeris metrodes Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris metuens Meyrick, 1932

Dichomeris microdoxa (Meyrick, 1932)

Dichomeris microphanta (Meyrick, 1921)

Dichomeris microsphena Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris millotella Viette, 1956

Dichomeris miltophragma Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris mistipalpis (Walsingham, 1911)

Dichomeris minutia Park, 1994

Dichomeris mitteri Park, 1994

Dichomeris mochlopis (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris molybdea (Janse, 1954)

Dichomeris molybdoterma Meyrick, 1933

Dichomeris monorbella Viette, 1988

Dichomeris moriutii Ponomarenko & Ueda, 2004

Dichomeris monococca (Meyrick, 1921)

Dichomeris nessica Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris ningshanensis Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris nitiellus (Constantini, 1922)

Dichomeris nivalis Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris obsepta (Meyrick, 1935)

Dichomeris oceanis Meyrick, 1920

Dichomeris ochreata Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris ochreofimbriella (Viette, 1968)

Dichomeris ochroxesta (Meyrick, 1921)

Dichomeris ochthophora Meyrick, 1936

Dichomeris oenombra (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris okadai (Moriuti, 1982)

Dichomeris oleata Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris olivescens Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris opalina (Ghesquière, 1940)

Dichomeris opsonoma Meyrick, 1914

Dichomeris opsorrhoa (Meyrick, 1929)

Dichomeris orientis Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris orthacma Meyrick, 1926

Dichomeris ostensella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris ostracodes Meyrick, 1916

Dichomeris oxycarpa (Meyrick, 1935)

Dichomeris oxygrapha (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris paenitens (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris pammiges (Ghesquière, 1940)

Dichomeris parallelosa Park & Ponomarenko, 1998

Dichomeris parochroma (Janse, 1954)

Dichomeris parvisexafurca Li, Zhen & Kendrick, 2010

Dichomeris paulianella Viette, 1956

Dichomeris paulidigitata Li, Zhen & Mey, 2013

Dichomeris pectinella (Forbes, 1931)

Dichomeris pelitis (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris pelocnista (Meyrick, 1939)

Dichomeris percnacma (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris percnopolis Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris peristylis (Meyrick, 1904)

Dichomeris permundella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris petalodes Meyrick, 1934

Dichomeris phaeosarca (Meyrick, 1931)

Dichomeris phaeostrota (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris phaeothina (Ghesquière, 1940)

Dichomeris phoenogramma (Meyrick, 1930)

Dichomeris physeta (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris physocoma Meyrick, 1926

Dichomeris piperatus (Walsingham, [1892])

Dichomeris pladarota Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris plasticus (Meyrick, 1904)

Dichomeris planata (Meyrick, 1910)

Dichomeris pleuroleuca Turner, 1919

Dichomeris pleuropa (Meyrick, 1921)

Dichomeris pleurophaea (Turner, 1919)

Dichomeris plexigramma Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris plumbosa (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris polyaema (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris polygnampta (Meyrick, 1938)

Dichomeris polygona Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris polypunctata Park, 1994

Dichomeris porphyrogramma (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris praealbescens (Meyrick, 1922)

Dichomeris praevacua Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris prensans Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris procrossa (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris procyphodes Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris pseudodeltaspis Ponomarenko & Ueda, 2004

Dichomeris pseudometra (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris pseudomorpha (Janse, 1954)

Dichomeris ptilocompa Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris ptychosema Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris punctatella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris pyretodes (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris pyrrhitis (Meyrick, 1911)

Dichomeris pyrrhopis (Meyrick, 1922)

Dichomeris pyrrhoschista (Meyrick, 1934)

Dichomeris qingchengshanensis Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris quadrata Park & Ponomarenko, 1998

Dichomeris quadratipalpa Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris quadrifurca Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris quadrifurcata (Janse, 1954)

Dichomeris quercicola Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris rasilella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

Dichomeris rectifascia Li & Zheng, 1997

Dichomeris reducta (Janse, 1951)

Dichomeris renascens Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris resignata Meyrick, 1929

Dichomeris retracta (Meyrick, 1922)

Dichomeris rhizogramma (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris rufusella Ponomarenko & Ueda, 2004

Dichomeris rhodophaea Meyrick, 1920

Dichomeris rubidula (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris rubiginosella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris rurigena (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris sandycitis (Meyrick, 1907)

Dichomeris santarosensis Hodges, 1985

Dichomeris saturata Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris scenites (Meyrick, 1909)

Dichomeris scepticopis Meyrick, 1939

Dichomeris sciastes Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris sciodora Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris sciritis (Meyrick, 1918)

Dichomeris semicuprata (Meyrick, 1922)

Dichomeris seminata (Meyrick, 1911)

Dichomeris semnias (Meyrick, 1926)

Dichomeris serena (Meyrick, 1909)

Dichomeris sevectella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris sexafurca Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris shenae Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris sicaellus Pathania & Rose, 2003

Dichomeris sicasymmetria Walia & Wadhawan, 2004

Dichomeris simaoensis Li & Wang, 1997

Dichomeris siranta (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris skukuzae (Janse, 1954)

Dichomeris specularis (Meyrick, 1918)

Dichomeris sphyrocopa (Meyrick, 1918)

Dichomeris spicans Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris spuracuminata Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris squalens Meyrick, 1914

Dichomeris stasimopa Meyrick, 1937

Dichomeris straminis (Walsingham, 1881)

Dichomeris stratellus (Walsingham, 1897)

Dichomeris stratigera Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris strictella Park, 1994

Dichomeris stromatias Meyrick, 1918

Dichomeris stygnota (Walsingham, 1911)

Dichomeris subdentata Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris subiridescens (Janse, 1954)

Dichomeris substratella Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris summata Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris sumptella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris sutschanellus (Caradja, 1926)

Dichomeris symmetrica Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris synclepta (Meyrick, 1938)

Dichomeris syndyas Meyrick, 1926

Dichomeris synergastis Ponomarenko & Park, 1996

Dichomeris syngrapta (Meyrick, 1921)

Dichomeris syringota (Meyrick, 1926)

Dichomeris taiwana Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris tapinostola (Janse, 1954)

Dichomeris tenextrema Li, Zhen & Mey, 2013

Dichomeris tepens (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris tephrodes (Meyrick, 1909)

Dichomeris tephroxesta (Meyrick, 1931)

Dichomeris terracocta (Walsingham, 1911)

Dichomeris tersa Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris testudinata Meyrick, 1934

Dichomeris tetraschema (Meyrick, 1931)

Dichomeris thalamopa Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris thalpodes Meyrick, 1922

Dichomeris themelia (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris thermodryas Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris thermophaea (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris thrasynta (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris thrypsandra (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris thyrsicola (Meyrick, 1913)

Dichomeris tongoborella (Viette, 1958)

Dichomeris torrefacta (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris torrescens (Meyrick, 1921)

Dichomeris toxolyca (Meyrick, 1934)

Dichomeris traumatias (Meyrick, 1923)

Dichomeris tridentata (Janse, 1954)

Dichomeris trilobella Park & Hodges, 1995

Dichomeris triplagella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris trisignella (Janse, 1960)

Dichomeris trissoxantha (Meyrick, 1922)

Dichomeris tristicta Busck, 1914

Dichomeris turgida (Meyrick, 1918)

Dichomeris turrita (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris umbricata Meyrick, 1934

Dichomeris uranopis (Meyrick, 1894)

Dichomeris ustalella (Fabricius, 1794)

Dichomeris vadonella Viette, 1955

Dichomeris varifurca Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris varronia Busck, 1913

Dichomeris ventosa Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris ventriprojecta Li, Zhen & Mey, 2013

Dichomeris vernariella Bidzilya, 1998

Dichomeris versicolorella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris vetustella (Walker, 1864)

Dichomeris vigilans (Meyrick, 1914)

Dichomeris violacula Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris viridella (Snellen, 1901)

Dichomeris viridescens (Meyrick, 1918)

Dichomeris wuyiensis Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris xanthodeta Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris xanthophylla (Janse, 1963)

Dichomeris xeresella (Viette, 1956)

Dichomeris xerodes Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris xestobyrsa Meyrick, 1921

Dichomeris xuthochyta (Turner, 1919)

Dichomeris xuthostola Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris yanagawanus Matsumura, 1931

Dichomeris yuebana Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris yunnanensis Li & Zheng, 1996

Dichomeris zomias Meyrick, 1914

Dichomeris zonaea (Meyrick, 1921)

Dichomeris zonata Li & Wang, 1997

Dichomeris zygophorus (Meyrick, 1904)

Dichomeris zymotella Viette, 1956

Status unclear

Dichomeris fuliginella (Costa, 1836), described as Rhinosia fuliginella from Italy

References

Li, Houhun; Zhen, Hui & Mey, Wolfram (2013). "Notes on Dichomeris Hübner, 1818 from Southern Africa and Kenya, with description of seven new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Dichomeridinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3608 (7): 561–574. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3608.7.3. PMID 24614488.

Li, H.-H.; Zheng, Z. M. & Wang, H. J. (1997). "Description of seven new species of the genus Dichomeris Hübner from China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Entomologia Sinica.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Dichomeris” is genus of insects. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Dichomeris, genus and insects, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1818, 1986, 1876, 1900—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Dichomeris, genus and insects is the immediate research focus.
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