Dichomeris metrodes

Dichomeris metrodes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in southern India, Sri Lanka and South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, partially suffused with pale yellow-ochreous tinged with grey and with a black mark on the base of the costa, and several black dots between this and three-fifth. There is a spot of blackish irroration towards the dorsum at one-fourth. The stigmata are black, with the discal approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. A grey spot is found towards the costa before the middle, one beneath the first discal stigma, and some suffusion along the median portion of the dorsum, sometimes confluent. There is a patch of dark grey suffusion on the costa at three-fourths, and one on the dorsum beneath the second discal stigma. There is also a streak of dark grey suffusion along the termen. The hindwings are whitish-grey, thinly scaled anteriorly.[3]