Dichomeris melanortha

Description

Dichomeris melanortha is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in southern India. The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark grey, somewhat sprinkled blackish and whitish, especially on the veins posteriorly. The costal edge from the base to beyond the middle is blackish, with about eight oblique cloudy whitish strigulae and a blackish streak along the fold from near the base to the middle of the wing, and another from before the middle of the disc to the apex. The hindwings are grey, subhyaline and tinged violet-blue in the disc and towards the base.