Dichomeris byrsoxantha

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

Dichomeris byrsoxantha is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2][3]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are ochreous-orange tinged with ferruginous. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the discal approximated, transverse, the first rather oblique, the plical dot-like, beneath the first discal. There is a terminal series of dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are grey.[4]

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