Dichomeris pelitis
Dichomeris pelitis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]
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The wingspan is 17–19 mm (0.67–0.75 in). The forewings are pale brownish-ochreous with the costal edge pale ochreous-yellowish. The stigmata is blackish, the discal moderate, the plical small, rather beyond the first discal. There is a small dark fuscous mark on the costa beyond the middle, and a row of dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. There is also a faint pale curved subterminal line, slightly indented opposite the apex. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris pelitis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 22 (1): 179
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