Dichomeris charonaea

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

Dichomeris charonaea is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.^[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.^[2]

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, with a leaden gloss sprinkled with blackish but without other defined markings. The hindwings are fuscous.^[3]

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris charonaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
↑ Dichomeris at funet
↑ J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 172

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris charonaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[2] Dichomeris at funet

[3] J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 172