Dichomeris orthacma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Dichomeris |
Species: | D. orthacma
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Binomial name | |
Dichomeris orthacma (Meyrick, 1926)
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Dichomeris orthacma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and with a rather broad fuscous median streak from the base to the apex, the upper edge mixed with dark fuscous. There is a black dot on the fold beneath the middle of the wing and a marginal series of black dots on the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are whitish grey.[3]