Dichomeris pelitis

Dichomeris pelitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. pelitis
Binomial name
Dichomeris pelitis
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe pelitis Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris pelitis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]

The wingspan is 17-19 mm. The forewings are pale brownish-ochreous with the costal edge pale ochreous-yellowish. The stigmata is blackish, the discal moderate, the plical small, rather beyond the first discal. There is a small dark fuscous mark on the costa beyond the middle, and a row of dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. There is also a faint pale curved subterminal line, slightly indented opposite the apex. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]

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