Dichomeris acrochlora

Dichomeris acrochlora is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1905. It is known from Sri Lanka[1] and India.

Dichomeris acrochlora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. acrochlora
Binomial name
Dichomeris acrochlora
(Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Hypelictis acrochlora Meyrick, 1905

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark shining purplish-bronzy-fuscous with a hardly paler obtusely angulated transverse line from four-fifth of the costa to the tornus. The apical distorted portion is pale shining ochreous. The hindwings are fuscous, paler towards base and the subdorsal hairs are pale whitish-ochreous.[2]

References
  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. 16 (4): 600


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