Dichomeris monococca
Dichomeris monococca is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Mozambique.[2]
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The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish-grey with some scattered blackish scales between the veins and a cloudy blackish dot in the disc at one-fourth. There is a small oval whitish spot in the disc before the middle, edged anteriorly with blackish and followed by a blackish elongate blotch. The plical stigma is cloudy, blackish and nearly beneath the whitish spot. There is a cloudy whitish dot 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 monococca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- Afro Moths
- Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 85 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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