Dichomeris ampliata

Dichomeris ampliata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is known from north-eastern India and Sri Lanka.[1]

Dichomeris ampliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. ampliata
Binomial name
Dichomeris ampliata
Meyrick, 1913
Synonyms
  • Gaesa ampliata Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is 22–23 mm. The forewings are violet-fuscous, with the extreme costal edge pale ochreous except towards the base. The stigmata are obscure, dark fuscous, the discal approximated and the plical slightly before the first discai. There is a series of dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are fuscous.[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. 22 (1): 175


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