Dichomeris famulata
| Dichomeris famulata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. famulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris famulata Meyrick, 1914 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dichomeris famulata is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Guyana, Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Trinidad.[2]
The wingspan is 13-14 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, with scattered dark fuscous scales and with the costa narrowly suffused with fuscous from the base to four-fifths, with more or less indicated darker dots and strigulae and dark fuscous dots beneath the fold at one-fourth, and above the fold beyond this. There is a blackish dot towards the costa before the middle. The stigmata is blackish, the first discal small, the plical somewhat obliquely beyond it. There is a series of blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled and subhyaline anteriorly.[3]