Dichomeris ampycota

Dichomeris ampycota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. ampycota
Binomial name
	Dichomeris ampycota; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Holaxyra ampycota Meyrick, 1913;

Dichomeris ampycota is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is known from Sri Lanka.^[1]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are purplish-fuscous, suffused with ferruginous-brownish except towards the costa anteriorly. The costal edge and cilia are ferruginous from three-fourths to the apex and the stigmata is obscure and dark fuscous, each marked with a grey-whitish dot. The discal is approximated and the plical smaller, rather before the first discal. There is also a spot of dark fuscous suffusion on the dorsum rather beyond the second discal. The hindwings are grey.^[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): 176