Dichomeris planata

Dichomeris planata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. planata
Binomial name
	Dichomeris planata; (Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
	Trichotaphe planata Meyrick, 1910;

Dichomeris planata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found in northern India.[2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm (0.71 in). The forewings are light greyish-ochreous tinged with flesh-colour and with the costal edge ochreous-whitish. The stigmata is dark fuscous, with the discal nearly approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. 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 planata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
Rec. Ind. Mus. 5 : 222

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

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

[3] Rec. Ind. Mus. 5 : 222