Dichomeris aprica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Dichomeris |
Species: | D. aprica
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Binomial name | |
Dichomeris aprica (Meyrick, 1913)
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Dichomeris aprica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is known from Karnataka in southern India.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are yellow ochreous, tinged with ferruginous and with several short oblique blackish strigulae on the costa between one-third and three-fourths. The dorsal half is obscurely suffused with ferruginous and irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. The hindwings are dark grey, but lighter and thinly scaled anteriorly.[3]