Dichomeris ampliata

Dichomeris ampliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. ampliata
Binomial name
	Dichomeris ampliata; Meyrick, 1913
Synonyms
	Gaesa ampliata Meyrick, 1925;

Dichomeris ampliata is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is known from north-eastern India and Sri Lanka.^[1]

The wingspan is 22–23 mm. The forewings are violet-fuscous, with the extreme costal edge pale ochreous except towards the base. The stigmata is obscure, dark fuscous, the discal approximated and the plical slightly before the first discai. There is a series of dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are fuscous.^[2]

References

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[1] Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine.

[2] J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 175