Dichomeris lygropa

Dichomeris lygropa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. lygropa
Binomial name
Dichomeris lygropa
(Lower, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus lygropa Lower, 1903

Dichomeris lygropa is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Lower in 1903.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.[2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous-greenish with the costa more or less strigulated throughout with blackish. The markings are blackish with a dot in middle at one-fourth from the base, a second before the middle, the third beyond, the three forming a longitudinal series and more or less edged with a white dot and a fourth dot below and between the second and third, as well as an obscure row of dots along the termen and apical fourth of the costa. The hindwings are blackish.[3]

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