Dichomeris contrita
| Dichomeris contrita | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. contrita |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris contrita (Meyrick, 1922) | |
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Dichomeris contrita is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Guyana and Brazil (Para).[2]
The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are dark iron-grey. The stigmata is small, dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal and an additional dot beneath the second discal. The hindwings are rather light grey, the scales farinose with a darker grey streak along the upper part of the termen and a short basal pecten of whitish-ochreous scales, as well as a slight one on the lower margin of the cell.[3]
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