Dichomeris aprica

Description

Dichomeris aprica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is known from southern India (Karnataka). The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are yellow-ochreous, tinged with ferruginous and with several short oblique blackish strigulae on the costa between one-third and three-fourth. The dorsal half is obscurely suffused with ferruginous and irrorated with fuscous. The hindwings are dark grey, but lighter and thinly scaled anteriorly.