Dichomeris hercogramma
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. hercogramma
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| Dichomeris hercogramma (Meyrick, 1921)
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Dichomeris hercogramma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Zimbabwe.[2]
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark violet fuscous speckled with whitish. The discal stigmata is cloudy, dark fuscous, an additional spot midway between the first and the base. There is a whitish-ochreous transverse line at four-fifths, rather indented above the middle, somewhat expanded on the costa. The edge around the apex and termen is blackish. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris hercogramma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris hercogramma (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 86 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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