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Dichomeris albiscripta

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Dichomeris albiscripta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. albiscripta
Binomial name
Dichomeris albiscripta
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Hypelictis albiscripta Meyrick, 1914

Dichomeris albiscripta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is known from southern India.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark slaty fuscous, with violet reflections. The veins are sprinkled with blackish and the stigmata are small, whitish and with the plical beneath the first discal. There is a very fine interrupted whitish line from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, obtusely angulated above the middle and there is a pale ochreous apical patch, with the anterior edge nearly straight, enclosing two or three dark-grey longitudinal marks. The hindwings are light-bronzy fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (4): 773. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.