Dichomeris physeta

Dichomeris physeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. physeta
Binomial name
	Dichomeris physeta; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Trichotaphe physeta Meyrick, 1913;

Dichomeris physeta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous. The stigmata are indistinct, cloudy, blackish, the plical hardly before the first discal. There are indistinct blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are roughly hairy on the dorsal two-thirds from the base to beyond the middle. They are dark fuscous.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris physeta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
Afro Moths
Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 302 Archived March 15, 2016, 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 physeta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 302 Archived March 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine