Dichomeris cyprophanes

Dichomeris cyprophanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. cyprophanes
Binomial name
	Dichomeris cyprophanes; (Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
	Daemonarcha cyprophanes Meyrick, 1918;

Dichomeris cyprophanes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).[2]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are deep blue-purple, towards the apex and termen becoming bright coppery. There is a faint oblique coppery strigula on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris cyprophanes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
Afro Moths
Ann. Transv. Mus. 6 (2) : 27

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

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. Transv. Mus. 6 (2) : 27