Dichomeris brachymetra

Dichomeris brachymetra is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]

Dichomeris brachymetra
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D. brachymetra
Binomial name
Dichomeris brachymetra
Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are pale ochreous irregularly irrorated with grey and with the costal edge from the base to beyond the middle whitish very shortly strigulated dark fuscous. The plical and first discal stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical somewhat anterior. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris brachymetra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera 2: 620


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