Dichomeris amphichlora

Dichomeris amphichlora is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is known from north-eastern India.[1]

Dichomeris amphichlora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. amphichlora
Binomial name
Dichomeris amphichlora
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe amphichlora Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, the costa narrowly suffused with yellow ochreous and the stigmata faint, cloudy and slightly darker, with the plical obliquely beyond the first discal and the second discal transverse. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

References
  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. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 4.


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