Dichomeris rhizogramma

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

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

The wingspan is 16–17 mm (0.63–0.67 in). The forewings are fuscous, sprinkled with blackish and irregularly streaked with dark fuscous suffusion and black sprinkling between the veins and on the fold. There is a rather narrow dark fuscous fascia around the apex and termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris rhizogramma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (20): 623

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris rhizogramma". 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 2 (20): 623