Dichomeris tepens

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

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

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are ferruginous-ochreous with a cloudy ferruginous-fuscous dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata is moderate, cloudy, ferruginous-fuscous, the plical somewhat before the first discal, the second discal transverse. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris tepens". 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): 2

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