Dichomeris microphanta

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

Dichomeris microphanta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Zimbabwe.[2][3]

The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with small undefined opposite spots of whitish-ochreous suffusion on the costa at three-fourths and the dorsum before the tornus, and three or four scattered scales between them. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[4]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris microphanta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
Afro Moths
Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8 (2) : 89 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 microphanta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[3] Afro Moths

[4] Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8 (2) : 89 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine