Dichomeris cinctella

Dichomeris cinctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. cinctella
Binomial name
Dichomeris cinctella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia cinctella Walker, 1864
  • Cymotricha subrutila Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris cinctella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Brazil (Amazonas) and Peru.[2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are reddish-brown. The stigmata is very small, white, partly edged blackish, the plical slightly before the first discal. There is a small spot of grey suffusion on the costa at three-fourths and a very fine whitish curved-subsinuate line from two-thirds of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus. There are also black marginal dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

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