Dichomeris amphicosma

Dichomeris amphicosma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930.[1] It is found in Pará, Brazil.[2]

Dichomeris amphicosma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. amphicosma
Binomial name
Dichomeris amphicosma (Meyrick, 1930)
Synonyms
Cymotricha amphicosma Meyrick, 1930

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are blue grey with a moderate blackish-fuscous fascia, mostly deep ferruginous on the costal half, posteriorly edged whitish, rounded angulated in the middle, anteriorly with two projections in the disc. There is a small round black whitish-edged spot in the middle of the disc, and a larger one beneath this, where a ferruginous line runs along the dorsum to the tornus. There is also a transverse blackish-fuscous whitish-edged blotch in the disc beyond the middle, the upper half filled with ferruginous. There is also a triangular blackish patch resting on the termen from the apex to the tornus, whitish edged except above, its angle touching the upper end of the preceding blotch. There is some slight whitish suffusion on the costa towards the apex. The hindwings are grey, the tornus suffused with blackish- grey.[3]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris amphicosma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris amphicosma (Meyrick, 1930)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
3. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 44: 228