Dicranucha legalis

Dicranucha legalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dicranucha
Species:	D. legalis
Binomial name
	Dicranucha legalis; (Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
	Brachmia legalis Meyrick, 1921;

Dicranucha legalis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Mozambique.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish-fuscous. The stigmata cloudy, blackish, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[3]

References

funet.fi
Afro Moths
Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 91 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

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[1] unet.fi

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 91 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine