Isabelline (colour) Isabelline (colour) Isabelline , also known as isabella, is a pale grey-yellow, pale fawn, pale cream-brown or parchment colour. It is primarily found in animal coat colouring, particularly plumage colour in birds and, in Europe, in horses. It also has historically been applied to fashion. The first known record of the word was in 1600 as "isabella colour"; this use later became interchangeable in literature with "isabelline" after the latter was introduced into print in 1859. The origin of the word is unclear; the uncertainty prompted by this has generated several attempts to provide an etymology and led to one
Dichomeris straminis is a faint streak of ferruginous-brown scales, another slight streak of the same colour beyond the middle of the cell, reaching to the dark marginal shade. The hindwings are pale rather cinereous straw-colour. Dichomeris straminis Dichomeris straminis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1881. It is found in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are pale straw-colour, with a pale ferruginous shade obliquely parallel to and near the apical margin, extending to the apex, but not quite to the anal angle, containing bright bluish purple metallic