Dichomeris chlorophracta

Dichomeris chlorophracta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. chlorophracta
Binomial name
	Dichomeris chlorophracta; Meyrick, 1921
Synonyms
	Epicharta chlorophracta; Epicharta gnomonodes Meyrick, 1926;

Dichomeris chlorophracta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is 12[3]-17 mm. The forewings are dark violet-fuscous with a moderate whitish-ochreous costal streak at the base extending to dorsum, at three-fourths with a triangular expansion where a narrow transverse fascia runs to the dorsum before the tornus, continued around the apical portion of the costa and termen to the dorsal end of the fascia as a slender streak dotted with dark fuscous. The hindwings are light grey.[4]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris chlorophracta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
Afro Moths
Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 82 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 285

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris chlorophracta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 82 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 285