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Alfalfa Leaftier Moth and Allies
Dichomeris acuminatus
Dichomeris acuminata, the alfalfa leaf tier, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was first described by Otto Staudinger in 1876. It is a widely distributed species, being known from India, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka southwest to the Seychelles, Mauritius and Réunion and on to Egypt, east and South Africa and southern Europe. Eastward from India it extends through Indonesia and Malaysia to Taiwan and Australia. It is also found in Japan, the West Indies,...
13 branches of this group, most-observed first
Alfalfa Leaf Tier
speciesDichomeris acuminatus
Dichomeris ochthophora
speciesDichomeris ochthophora
Dichomeris orientis
speciesDichomeris orientis
Dichomeris davisi
speciesDichomeris davisi
Dichomeris nenia
speciesDichomeris nenia
Dichomeris horoglypta
speciesDichomeris horoglypta
Dichomeris summata
speciesDichomeris summata
Dichomeris ochreata
speciesDichomeris ochreata
Dichomeris malacodes
speciesDichomeris malacodes
Dichomeris ferruginosa
speciesDichomeris ferruginosa
Dichomeris mitteri
speciesDichomeris mitteri
Dichomeris quadrata
speciesDichomeris quadrata
Dichomeris leptosaris
speciesDichomeris leptosaris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 951164.