Dichomeris memnonia

Dichomeris memnonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. memnonia
Binomial name
Dichomeris memnonia
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe memnonia Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris memnonia is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are dark ashy-purplish-fuscous with bronzy-blackish markings, as well as an oblique transverse bar in the disc at one-fourth, not reaching the margins. There is also a broad cloudy transverse median fascia and a moderately broad fascia from four-fifth of the costa to the tornus. There is also a narrow terminal fascia. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

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