Dichomeris cocta

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

Dichomeris cocta is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]

The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are ochreous-fuscous, the costal edge suffused with yellow-ochreous. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the discal approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There are some dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris cocta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Dichomeris at funet
  3. J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 179


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