Dichomeris ptychosema
Dichomeris ptychosema is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]
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The wingspan is 14–17 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, strigulated with fuscous and dark fuscous irroration and with a small dark fuscous spot on the base of the costa, a short mark in the middle, another beyond three-fourth, and several dots between these. There is also a small blackish-fuscous spot on the fold at one-fourth. The second discal stigma is moderate, dark fuscous, with the plical and first discal minute or obsolete, the plical beneath the first discal. The hindwings are iridescent-grey.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris ptychosema". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- Dichomeris at funet
- J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 175
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