Dichomeris specularis

Dichomeris specularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. specularis
Binomial name
Dichomeris specularis
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Battaristis specularis Meyrick, 1918

Dichomeris specularis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in southern India and Sri Lanka.[2]

The wingspan is 8-9 mm. The forewings are pale grey with a dark fuscous dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata is dark fuscous, with the plical beneath the first discal and a dorsal dot beneath the second discal. There is also a curved or bent whitish line from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, with the apical area beyond this dark purplish-grey. The hindwings are grey.[3]

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