Dichomeris phaeostrota

Dichomeris phaeostrota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. phaeostrota
Binomial name
	Dichomeris phaeostrota; (Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
	Rhynchotona phaeostrota Meyrick, 1923;

Dichomeris phaeostrota is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm (0.39 in). The forewings are greyish-ochreous speckled dark fuscous and with an indistinct small cloudy dark fuscous spot in the disc at one-fourth. The plical and second discal stigmata are small and blackish. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris phaeostrota". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (1-2): 35

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris phaeostrota". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.

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

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (1-2): 35