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Dichomeris imbricata

(Dichomeris imbricata)

Description

Dichomeris imbricata is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in southern India and China (Guangdong). The wingspan is 19–20 mm. The forewings are brown somewhat mixed with whitish-ochreous and with a whitish-ochreous patch occupying the apical fourth of the costa. The anterior two-thirds of the costa is suffused with blackish, obliquely strigulated with pale ochreous. The stigmata is blackish, ill-defined, with the discal approximated and the plical near beyond the first discal. There is also some blackish suffusion on the dorsum towards the tornus, a blackish dot on the tornus and one on the termen beneath the apex. The hindwings are grey, with the veins and termen darker.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gelechiidae
Genus:Dichomeris
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