Dichomeris hercogramma

Dichomeris hercogramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. hercogramma
Binomial name
	Dichomeris hercogramma; (Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
	Trichotaphe hercogramma Meyrick, 1921;

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

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark violet-fuscous speckled with whitish. The discal stigmata is cloudy, dark fuscous, an additional spot midway between the first and the base. There is a whitish-ochreous transverse line at four-fifths, rather indented above the middle, somewhat expanded on the costa. The edge around the apex and termen is blackish. 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 hercogramma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
Afro Moths
Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 86 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

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

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 86 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine