Dichomeris ostensella

(Dichomeris ostensella)

Description

Dichomeris ostensella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Guyana and Amazonas, Brazil. Adults are coal black, the forewings with a deep cupreous-black patch in the disc and a submarginal band of the same colour. There are two intermediate black cinereous-bordered dots and a few minute black marginal dots. The hindwings are dark cupreous.

Taxonomic tree:

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